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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
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
= 8
Cuba :
8.09 % of GNI
2005
= 8
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
= 21
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
= 30
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
= 40
Botswana :
5.61 % of GNI
2005
= 42
Austria :
5.57 % of GNI
2005
= 42
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
= 50
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
= 59
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
= 64
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
= 76
Kazakhstan :
4.41 % of GNI
2005
= 76
Ukraine :
4.41 % of GNI
2005
# 79
Malta :
4.4 % of GNI
2005
= 80
Iran :
4.39 % of GNI
2005
= 80
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
= 85
Paraguay :
4.2 % of GNI
2005
# 87
Comoros :
4.19 % of GNI
2005
= 88
Czech Republic :
4.16 % of GNI
2005
= 88
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
= 92
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
= 98
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
= 102
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
= 110
Senegal :
3.73 % of GNI
2005
# 112
Luxembourg :
3.72 % of GNI
2005
= 113
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
3.68 % of GNI
2005
= 113
Tonga :
3.68 % of GNI
2005
# 115
Honduras :
3.55 % of GNI
2005
= 116
Rwanda :
3.54 % of GNI
2005
= 116
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 :
3.12 % of GNI
2005
# 128
Greece :
3.11 % of GNI
2005
# 129
Armenia :
3.05 % of GNI
2005
# 130
Belgium :
3.04 % of GNI
2005
= 131
Angola :
2.96 % of GNI
2005
= 131
Ethiopia :
2.96 % of GNI
2005
= 133
Zambia :
2.91 % of GNI
2005
= 133
Nicaragua :
2.91 % of GNI
2005
# 135
Georgia :
2.9 % of GNI
2005
# 136
Peru :
2.88 % of GNI
2005
# 137
Ghana :
2.85 % of GNI
2005
# 138
Albania :
2.84 % of GNI
2005
# 139
Philippines :
2.82 % of GNI
2005
= 140
Brunei :
2.81 % of GNI
2005
= 140
Vietnam :
2.81 % of GNI
2005
# 142
El Salvador :
2.78 % of GNI
2005
= 143
Eritrea :
2.72 % of GNI
2005
= 143
Mali :
2.72 % of GNI
2005
# 145
Singapore :
2.7 % of GNI
2005
= 146
Tajikistan :
2.65 % of GNI
2005
= 146
Uruguay :
2.65 % of GNI
2005
# 148
Nepal :
2.61 % of GNI
2005
# 149
Syria :
2.6 % of GNI
2005
# 150
Togo :
2.59 % of GNI
2005
# 151
Sri Lanka :
2.55 % of GNI
2005
# 152
Madagascar :
2.53 % of GNI
2005
= 153
Tanzania :
2.39 % of GNI
2005
= 153
Lebanon :
2.39 % of GNI
2005
# 155
Burkina Faso :
2.38 % of GNI
2005
# 156
Benin :
2.36 % of GNI
2005
# 157
Niger :
2.32 % of GNI
2005
# 158
Guinea-Bissau :
2.29 % of GNI
2005
# 159
Libya :
2.14 % of GNI
1980
# 160
Gambia, The :
2.04 % of GNI
2005
# 161
Guinea :
2 % of GNI
2005
# 162
China :
1.97 % of GNI
2005
# 163
Liberia :
1.92 % of GNI
1975
# 164
Cambodia :
1.83 % of GNI
2005
# 165
Mozambique :
1.8 % of GNI
2005
# 166
Bangladesh :
1.69 % of GNI
2005
# 167
Afghanistan :
1.64 % of GNI
1981
# 168
Pakistan :
1.63 % of GNI
2005
# 169
Central African Republic :
1.58 % of GNI
2005
# 170
Guatemala :
1.57 % of GNI
2005
= 171
Equatorial Guinea :
1.46 % of GNI
2005
= 171
Haiti :
1.46 % of GNI
2005
# 173
Chad :
1.44 % of GNI
2005
# 174
Laos :
1.43 % of GNI
2005
# 175
Ecuador :
1.38 % of GNI
2005
# 176
Qatar :
1.31 % of GNI
1975
# 177
Dominican Republic :
1.2 % of GNI
2005
# 178
Somalia :
1.05 % of GNI
1970
# 179
Sierra Leone :
1.01 % of GNI
2005
# 180
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
0.95 % of GNI
2005
# 181
Sudan :
0.87 % of GNI
2005
# 182
Indonesia :
0.86 % of GNI
2005
# 183
Nigeria :
0.85 % of GNI
2005
# 184
Burma :
0.84 % of GNI
2005
Weighted average:
4.3 % of GNI
DEFINITION: Education expenditure refers to the current operating expenditures in education, including wages and salaries and excluding capital investments in buildings and equipment.
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