FACTOID # 6: There are 22 countries where more than half the population is illiterate. Fifteen of them are in Africa.
 
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Education Statistics > Education expenditure of government > As percentage of total government (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Yemen: 32.8%  2000 Time series
# 2   Lesotho: 29.8%  2005 Time series
# 3   Kenya: 29.2%  2004 Time series
# 4   Saudi Arabia: 27.6%  2004 Time series
# 5   United Arab Emirates: 27.4%  2005 Time series
# 6   Djibouti: 27.3%  2005 Time series
# 7   Morocco: 27.2%  2005 Time series
# 8   Vanuatu: 26.7%  2001 Time series
= 9   Mexico: 25.6%  2004 Time series
= 9   Guinea: 25.6%  2000 Time series
# 11   Cape Verde: 25.4%  2005 Time series
# 12   Madagascar: 25.3%  2005 Time series
# 13   Malaysia: 25.2%  2004 Time series
# 14   Thailand: 25%  2005 Time series
# 15   Malawi: 24.6%  1999 Time series
# 16   Oman: 24.2%  2005 Time series
# 17   Comoros: 24.1%  2002 Time series
# 18   Hong Kong: 23%  2005 Time series
# 19   Iran: 22.8%  2005 Time series
= 20   Côte d'Ivoire: 21.5%  2000 Time series
= 20   Botswana: 21.5%  2005 Time series
# 22   Moldova: 21.1%  2005 Time series
# 23   Namibia: 21%  2000 Time series
# 24   New Zealand: 20.9%  2003 Time series
# 25   Tunisia: 20.8%  2005 Time series
# 26   Jordan: 20.6%  1999 Time series
= 27   Fiji: 20%  2002 Time series
= 27   El Salvador: 20%  2002 Time series
# 29   Bahamas, The: 19.7%  2000 Time series
# 30   Azerbaijan: 19.6%  2005 Time series
# 31   Mozambique: 19.5%  2004 Time series
= 32   Ukraine: 18.9%  2005 Time series
= 32   Senegal: 18.9%  2005 Time series
# 34   Kyrgyzstan: 18.6%  2001 Time series
= 35   Chile: 18.5%  2004 Time series
= 35   Costa Rica: 18.5%  2004 Time series
# 37   Uganda: 18.3%  2004 Time series
= 38   Belize: 18.1%  2003 Time series
= 38   Bolivia: 18.1%  2003 Time series
= 38   Burma: 18.1%  2001 Time series
# 41   Tajikistan: 18%  2005 Time series
# 42   South Africa: 17.9%  2005 Time series
# 43   Burundi: 17.7%  2005 Time series
# 44   Ethiopia: 17.5%  2006 Time series
# 45   Saint Lucia: 16.9%  2005 Time series
= 46   Cuba: 16.6%  2005 Time series
= 46   Iceland: 16.6%  2004 Time series
= 46   Norway: 16.6%  2004 Time series
= 46   Burkina Faso: 16.6%  2005 Time series
# 50   Korea, South: 16.5%  2004 Time series
= 51   Philippines: 16.4%  2004 Time series
= 51   Barbados: 16.4%  2005 Time series
# 53   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 16.1%  2005 Time series
# 54   Marshall Islands: 15.8%  2003 Time series
= 55   Lithuania: 15.6%  2004 Time series
= 55   Macedonia, Republic of: 15.6%  2002 Time series
= 57   Aruba: 15.4%  2005 Time series
= 57   Latvia: 15.4%  2003 Time series
= 59   United States: 15.3%  2004 Time series
= 59   Denmark: 15.3%  2004 Time series
= 61   Maldives: 15%  2005 Time series
= 61   Nicaragua: 15%  2002 Time series
= 63   Nepal: 14.9%  2003 Time series
= 63   Estonia: 14.9%  2004 Time series
= 65   Zambia: 14.8%  2004 Time series
= 65   Mali: 14.8%  2005 Time series
# 67   Cambodia: 14.6%  2000 Time series
= 68   Tokelau: 14.5%  2003 Time series
= 68   Guyana: 14.5%  2005 Time series
# 70   Cyprus: 14.4%  2004 Time series
# 71   Mauritius: 14.3%  2005 Time series
# 72   Bangladesh: 14.2%  2005 Time series
# 73   Benin: 14.1%  2005 Time series
= 74   Macau: 14%  2004 Time series
= 74   Ireland: 14%  2004 Time series
= 76   Peru: 13.7%  2005 Time series
= 76   Israel: 13.7%  2003 Time series
= 76   Samoa: 13.7%  2002 Time series
# 79   Togo: 13.6%  2002 Time series
# 80   Tonga: 13.5%  2003 Time series
# 81   Trinidad and Tobago: 13.4%  2001 Time series
# 82   Australia: 13.3%  2000 Time series
= 83   Georgia: 13.1%  2004 Time series
= 83   Cook Islands: 13.1%  1999 Time series
= 83   Argentina: 13.1%  2004 Time series
= 86   China: 13%  1999 Time series
= 86   Switzerland: 13%  2003 Time series
= 88   Sweden: 12.9%  2004 Time series
= 88   Bhutan: 12.9%  2001 Time series
= 88   Russia: 12.9%  2004 Time series
= 88   Grenada: 12.9%  2003 Time series
= 92   Netherlands Antilles: 12.8%  2001 Time series
= 92   Finland: 12.8%  2004 Time series
= 94   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 12.7%  2003 Time series
= 94   Kuwait: 12.7%  2005 Time series
= 94   Poland: 12.7%  2004 Time series
# 97   Slovenia: 12.6%  2003 Time series
# 98   Canada: 12.5%  2001 Time series
# 99   British Virgin Islands: 12.4%  2005 Time series
= 100   Rwanda: 12.2%  2005 Time series
= 100   Belgium: 12.2%  2004 Time series
= 102   United Kingdom: 12.1%  2004 Time series
= 102   Kazakhstan: 12.1%  2000 Time series
# 104   Guinea-Bissau: 11.9%  1999 Time series
# 105   Turks and Caicos Islands: 11.8%  2005 Time series
# 106   Laos: 11.7%  2005 Time series
# 107   Portugal: 11.5%  2004 Time series
# 108   Belarus: 11.3%  2005 Time series
# 109   Netherlands: 11.2%  2004 Time series
= 110   Hungary: 11.1%  2004 Time series
= 110   Colombia: 11.1%  2005 Time series
= 112   Spain: 11%  2004 Time series
= 112   Lebanon: 11%  2005 Time series
= 114   Pakistan: 10.9%  2005 Time series
= 114   Brazil: 10.9%  2002 Time series
= 114   France: 10.9%  2004 Time series
= 117   Austria: 10.8%  2004 Time series
= 117   Slovakia: 10.8%  2004 Time series
= 117   Paraguay: 10.8%  2003 Time series
# 120   India: 10.7%  2003 Time series
= 121   Malta: 10.1%  2002 Time series
= 121   Niue: 10.1%  2002 Time series
= 121   Chad: 10.1%  2005 Time series
= 124   Croatia: 10%  2003 Time series
= 124   Czech Republic: 10%  2004 Time series
= 126   Germany: 9.8%  2004 Time series
= 126   Japan: 9.8%  2004 Time series
# 128   Dominican Republic: 9.7%  2005 Time series
# 129   Italy: 9.6%  2004 Time series
# 130   Brunei: 9.1%  2000 Time series
# 131   Indonesia: 9%  2002 Time series
= 132   Gambia, The: 8.9%  2002 Time series
= 132   Panama: 8.9%  2004 Time series
# 134   Jamaica: 8.8%  2005 Time series
# 135   Cameroon: 8.6%  2005 Time series
= 136   Greece: 8.5%  2004 Time series
= 136   Luxembourg: 8.5%  1999 Time series
# 138   Albania: 8.4%  2002 Time series
# 139   Mauritania: 8.3%  2005 Time series
# 140   Congo, Republic of the: 8.1%  2005 Time series
# 141   Ecuador: 8%  2000 Time series
# 142   Uruguay: 7.9%  2003 Time series
# 143   Angola: 6.4%  1999 Time series
# 144   Monaco: 5.1%  1999 Time series
# 145   Equatorial Guinea: 4%  2003 Time series
# 146   Montserrat: 3.2%  2001 Time series
Weighted average: 15.3%  


SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics

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