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Education expenditure refers to the current operating expenditures in education, including wages and salaries and excluding capital investments in buildings and equipment.
Education Statistics > Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1
New Caledonia :
12.22 % of GNI
1984 ...
#2
American Samoa :
11.76 % of GNI
1975 ...
#3
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
9.6 % of GNI
2005 ...
#4
Uzbekistan :
9.37 % of GNI
2005 ...
#5
Virgin Islands :
9.36 % of GNI
1975 ...
#6
French Polynesia :
8.87 % of GNI
1984 ...
#7
Guam :
8.32 % of GNI
1985 ...
#8
Denmark :
8.09 % of GNI
2005 ...
#9
Cuba :
8.09 % of GNI
2005 ...
#10
Marshall Islands :
8.09 % of GNI
2005 ...
#11
Sweden :
8.04 % of GNI
2005 ...
#12
Puerto Rico :
7.92 % of GNI
1975 ...
#13
Iceland :
7.62 % of GNI
2005 ...
#14
Israel :
7.31 % of GNI
2005 ...
#15
Namibia :
7.28 % of GNI
2005 ...
#16
New Zealand :
7.23 % of GNI
2005 ...
#17
Saudi Arabia :
7.19 % of GNI
2005 ...
#18
Norway :
7.03 % of GNI
2005 ...
#19
Barbados :
6.99 % of GNI
2005 ...
#20
Maldives :
6.92 % of GNI
2005 ...
#21
Kuwait :
6.87 % of GNI
2005 ...
#22
Zimbabwe :
6.87 % of GNI
2005 ...
#23
Lesotho :
6.69 % of GNI
2005 ...
#24
Fiji :
6.58 % of GNI
2005 ...
#25
Kenya :
6.57 % of GNI
2005 ...
#26
Bolivia :
6.32 % of GNI
2005 ...
#27
Papua New Guinea :
6.28 % of GNI
1975 ...
#28
Swaziland :
6.27 % of GNI
2005 ...
#29
Finland :
6.04 % of GNI
2005 ...
#30
Cape Verde :
6.03 % of GNI
2005 ...
#31
Morocco :
6.03 % of GNI
2005 ...
#32
Vanuatu :
5.94 % of GNI
2005 ...
#33
Tunisia :
5.91 % of GNI
2005 ...
#34
Hungary :
5.82 % of GNI
2005 ...
#35
Malaysia :
5.77 % of GNI
2005 ...
#36
Lithuania :
5.72 % of GNI
2005 ...
#37
Portugal :
5.66 % of GNI
2005 ...
#38
Cyprus :
5.63 % of GNI
2005 ...
#39
Poland :
5.62 % of GNI
2005 ...
#40
Jordan :
5.61 % of GNI
2005 ...
#41
Botswana :
5.61 % of GNI
2005 ...
#42
Austria :
5.57 % of GNI
2005 ...
#43
Latvia :
5.57 % of GNI
2005 ...
#44
Belarus :
5.5 % of GNI
2005 ...
#45
Djibouti :
5.46 % of GNI
2005 ...
#46
Saint Lucia :
5.39 % of GNI
2005 ...
#47
Mongolia :
5.37 % of GNI
2005 ...
#48
Slovenia :
5.35 % of GNI
2005 ...
#49
United Kingdom :
5.33 % of GNI
2005 ...
#50
Seychelles :
5.29 % of GNI
2005 ...
#51
South Africa :
5.29 % of GNI
2005 ...
#52
Grenada :
5.26 % of GNI
2005 ...
#53
Mexico :
5.25 % of GNI
2005 ...
#54
Canada :
5.23 % of GNI
2005 ...
#55
Belize :
5.19 % of GNI
2005 ...
#56
France :
5.16 % of GNI
2005 ...
#57
Estonia :
5.14 % of GNI
2005 ...
#58
Kiribati :
5.09 % of GNI
1989 ...
#59
Jamaica :
5.05 % of GNI
2005 ...
#60
Malawi :
5.05 % of GNI
2005 ...
#61
Switzerland :
5.03 % of GNI
2005 ...
#62
Dominica :
4.96 % of GNI
2005 ...
#63
Netherlands :
4.91 % of GNI
2005 ...
#64
Colombia :
4.9 % of GNI
2005 ...
#65
Macedonia, Republic of :
4.9 % of GNI
2005 ...
#66
Guyana :
4.81 % of GNI
2005 ...
#67
United States :
4.79 % of GNI
2005 ...
#68
Ireland :
4.78 % of GNI
2005 ...
#69
Australia :
4.76 % of GNI
2005 ...
#70
Thailand :
4.75 % of GNI
2005 ...
#71
Iraq :
4.63 % of GNI
1988 ...
#72
Italy :
4.61 % of GNI
2005 ...
#73
Côte d'Ivoire :
4.59 % of GNI
2005 ...
#74
Algeria :
4.47 % of GNI
2005 ...
#75
Panama :
4.42 % of GNI
2005 ...
#76
Egypt :
4.41 % of GNI
2005 ...
#77
Kazakhstan :
4.41 % of GNI
2005 ...
#78
Ukraine :
4.41 % of GNI
2005 ...
#79
Malta :
4.4 % of GNI
2005 ...
#80
Iran :
4.39 % of GNI
2005 ...
#81
Kyrgyzstan :
4.39 % of GNI
2005 ...
#82
Bahrain :
4.36 % of GNI
2005 ...
#83
Venezuela :
4.35 % of GNI
2005 ...
#84
Germany :
4.31 % of GNI
2005 ...
#85
Oman :
4.2 % of GNI
2005 ...
#86
Paraguay :
4.2 % of GNI
2005 ...
#87
Comoros :
4.19 % of GNI
2005 ...
#88
Czech Republic :
4.16 % of GNI
2005 ...
#89
Moldova :
4.16 % of GNI
2005 ...
#90
Croatia :
4.15 % of GNI
2005 ...
#91
Spain :
4.12 % of GNI
2005 ...
#92
Brazil :
4.09 % of GNI
2005 ...
#93
Argentina :
4.09 % of GNI
2005 ...
#94
Slovakia :
4.08 % of GNI
2005 ...
#95
Costa Rica :
4.04 % of GNI
2005 ...
#96
Trinidad and Tobago :
4.01 % of GNI
2005 ...
#97
India :
3.99 % of GNI
2005 ...
#98
Uganda :
3.98 % of GNI
2005 ...
#99
Samoa :
3.98 % of GNI
2005 ...
#100
Bhutan :
3.96 % of GNI
2005 ...
#101
Mauritius :
3.93 % of GNI
2005 ...
#102
Chile :
3.92 % of GNI
2005 ...
#103
Burundi :
3.92 % of GNI
2005 ...
#104
Antigua and Barbuda :
3.88 % of GNI
2005 ...
#105
Bahamas, The :
3.84 % of GNI
2005 ...
#106
Solomon Islands :
3.83 % of GNI
2005 ...
#107
São Tomé and Príncipe :
3.82 % of GNI
1986 ...
#108
Congo, Republic of the :
3.79 % of GNI
2005 ...
#109
Hong Kong :
3.75 % of GNI
2005 ...
#110
Korea, South :
3.73 % of GNI
2005 ...
#111
Senegal :
3.73 % of GNI
2005 ...
#112
Luxembourg :
3.72 % of GNI
2005 ...
#113
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
3.68 % of GNI
2005 ...
#114
Tonga :
3.68 % of GNI
2005 ...
#115
Honduras :
3.55 % of GNI
2005 ...
#116
Rwanda :
3.54 % of GNI
2005 ...
#117
Russia :
3.54 % of GNI
2005 ...
#118
Azerbaijan :
3.5 % of GNI
2005 ...
#119
Turkey :
3.49 % of GNI
2005 ...
#120
Bulgaria :
3.48 % of GNI
2005 ...
#121
Suriname :
3.44 % of GNI
1993 ...
#122
Gabon :
3.29 % of GNI
2005 ...
#123
Bermuda :
3.26 % of GNI
2005 ...
#124
Romania :
3.24 % of GNI
2005 ...
#125
Mauritania :
3.23 % of GNI
2005 ...
#126
Cameroon :
3.2 % of GNI
2005 ...
#127
Japan :