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Public expenditure on education consists of current and capital public expenditure on education plus subsidies to private education at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels.
Education Statistics > Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1
Yemen :
32.78 %
2000 ...
#2
Lesotho :
29.82 %
2005 ...
#3
Kenya :
29.19 %
2004 ...
#4
Malaysia :
28.02 %
2003 ...
#5
Saudi Arabia :
27.57 %
2004 ...
#6
Thailand :
27.53 %
2004 ...
#7
United Arab Emirates :
27.43 %
2005 ...
#8
Djibouti :
27.32 %
2005 ...
#9
Morocco :
27.23 %
2005 ...
#10
Vanuatu :
26.71 %
2001 ...
#11
Guinea :
25.62 %
2000 ...
#12
Cape Verde :
25.44 %
2005 ...
#13
Madagascar :
25.3 %
2005 ...
#14
Malawi :
24.58 %
1999 ...
#15
Oman :
24.23 %
2005 ...
#16
Comoros :
24.12 %
2002 ...
#17
Mexico :
23.82 %
2003 ...
#18
Hong Kong :
22.99 %
2005 ...
#19
Iran :
22.85 %
2005 ...
#20
Mongolia :
22.71 %
1991 ...
#21
Algeria :
22.05 %
1991 ...
#22
Côte d'Ivoire :
21.6 %
2005 ...
#23
Botswana :
21.55 %
2005 ...
#24
Moldova :
21.15 %
2005 ...
#25
Namibia :
21.04 %
2000 ...
#26
New Zealand :
20.92 %
2003 ...
#27
Jordan :
20.6 %
1999 ...
#28
Fiji :
20.04 %
2002 ...
#29
Haiti :
20.01 %
1991 ...
#30
El Salvador :
20 %
2002 ...
#31
Bahamas, The :
19.67 %
2000 ...
#32
Turkmenistan :
19.65 %
1991 ...
#33
Azerbaijan :
19.58 %
2005 ...
#34
Swaziland :
19.51 %
1991 ...
#35
Mozambique :
19.47 %
2004 ...
#36
Ethiopia :
19.4 %
2005 ...
#37
Senegal :
18.93 %
2005 ...
#38
Ukraine :
18.9 %
2005 ...
#39
Kyrgyzstan :
18.65 %
2001 ...
#40
Niger :
18.58 %
1991 ...
#41
Costa Rica :
18.53 %
2004 ...
#42
Chile :
18.47 %
2004 ...
#43
Uganda :
18.29 %
2004 ...
#44
Singapore :
18.22 %
1991 ...
#45
Tunisia :
18.2 %
2001 ...
#46
Belize :
18.12 %
2003 ...
#47
Burma :
18.12 %
2001 ...
#48
Bolivia :
18.06 %
2003 ...
#49
Tajikistan :
18.04 %
2005 ...
#50
South Africa :
17.85 %
2005 ...
#51
Uzbekistan :
17.81 %
1991 ...
#52
Burundi :
17.73 %
2005 ...
#53
Philippines :
17.22 %
2003 ...
#54
Venezuela :
17.04 %
1991 ...
#55
Bermuda :
17 %
1998 ...
#56
Iceland :
16.95 %
2003 ...
#57
Saint Lucia :
16.91 %
2005 ...
#58
Burkina Faso :
16.64 %
2005 ...
#59
Cuba :
16.58 %
2005 ...
#60
Macedonia, Republic of :
16.42 %
2003 ...
#61
Barbados :
16.4 %
2005 ...
#62
Cyprus :
16.23 %
2003 ...
#63
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
16.09 %
2005 ...
#64
Marshall Islands :
15.76 %
2003 ...
#65
Norway :
15.73 %
2003 ...
#66
Lithuania :
15.66 %
2003 ...
#67
Estonia :
15.44 %
2003 ...
#68
Aruba :
15.43 %
2005 ...
#69
Latvia :
15.37 %
2003 ...
#70
United States :
15.25 %
2003 ...
#71
Denmark :
15.08 %
2003 ...
#72
Nicaragua :
15 %
2002 ...
#73
Maldives :
15 %
2005 ...
#74
Korea, South :
14.98 %
2003 ...
#75
Nepal :
14.89 %
2003 ...
#76
Mali :
14.83 %
2005 ...
#77
Zambia :
14.8 %
2004 ...
#78
Cambodia :
14.65 %
2000 ...
#79
Guyana :
14.53 %
2005 ...
#80
Mauritius :
14.26 %
2005 ...
#81
Bangladesh :
14.24 %
2005 ...
#82
Syria :
14.2 %
1991 ...
#83
Benin :
14.14 %
2005 ...
#84
Macau :
14.03 %
2004 ...
#85
Peru :
13.7 %
2005 ...
#86
Israel :
13.69 %
2003 ...
#87
Samoa :
13.67 %
2002 ...
#88
Turkey :
13.6 %
2005 ...
#89
Togo :
13.55 %
2002 ...
#90
Tonga :
13.5 %
2003 ...
#91
Trinidad and Tobago :
13.4 %
2001 ...
#92
Australia :
13.32 %
2000 ...
#93
Ireland :
13.15 %
2003 ...
#94
Georgia :
13.14 %
2004 ...
#95
Guatemala :
13.02 %
1991 ...
#96
China :
12.97 %
1999 ...
#97
Switzerland :
12.96 %
2003 ...
#98
Grenada :
12.86 %
2003 ...
#99
Bhutan :
12.86 %
2001 ...
#100
Sweden :
12.83 %
2003 ...
#101
Finland :
12.82 %
2003 ...
#102
Bahrain :
12.8 %
1991 ...
#103
Netherlands Antilles :
12.8 %
2001 ...
#104
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
12.71 %
2003 ...
#105
Kuwait :
12.7 %
2005 ...
#106
Slovenia :
12.56 %
2003 ...
#107
Canada :
12.46 %
2001 ...
#108
Portugal :
12.41 %
2003 ...
#109
Poland :
12.29 %
2002 ...
#110
Russia :
12.25 %
2003 ...
#111
Rwanda :
12.25 %
2005 ...
#112
Kazakhstan :
12.09 %
2000 ...
#113
Argentina :
12.02 %
2003 ...
#114
United Kingdom :
11.93 %
2003 ...
#115
Guinea-Bissau :
11.86 %
1999 ...
#116
Belgium :
11.85 %
2003 ...
#117
Laos :
11.71 %
2005 ...
#118
Tanzania :
11.37 %
1991 ...
#119
Belarus :
11.33 %
2005 ...
#120
Spain :
11.19 %
2003 ...
#121
Slovakia :
11.18 %
2003 ...
#122
Colombia :
11.06 %
2005 ...
#123
France :
11.03 %
2003 ...
#124
Lebanon :
10.99 %
2005 ...
#125
Pakistan :
10.94 %
2005 ...
#126
Brazil :
10.86 %
2002 ...
#127
Austria :
10.83 %