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 spending (% of total government expenditure) (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount 
# 1   Yemen: 32.8% 
# 2   Thailand: 28.3% 
# 3   Vanuatu: 28.1% 
# 4   Morocco: 26.4% 
= 5   Botswana: 25.6% 
= 5   Guinea: 25.6% 
# 7   Mexico: 24.3% 
# 8   Comoros: 24.1% 
# 9   Hong Kong: 23.3% 
# 10   United Arab Emirates: 22.5% 
# 11   Costa Rica: 22.4% 
# 12   Kenya: 22.1% 
# 13   Burundi: 21.8% 
# 14   Côte d'Ivoire: 21.5% 
# 15   Moldova: 21.4% 
# 16   Azerbaijan: 20.7% 
= 17   Malaysia: 20.3% 
= 17   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 20.3% 
= 17   Ukraine: 20.3% 
# 20   El Salvador: 20% 
# 21   Bolivia: 19.7% 
# 22   Fiji: 19.4% 
# 23   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 19% 
= 24   Cuba: 18.7% 
= 24   Chile: 18.7% 
# 26   Kyrgyzstan: 18.6% 
# 27   South Africa: 18.5% 
= 28   Lesotho: 18.4% 
= 28   Guyana: 18.4% 
# 30   Tunisia: 18.2% 
# 31   Belize: 18.1% 
= 32   Philippines: 17.8% 
= 32   Tajikistan: 17.8% 
# 34   Iran: 17.7% 
# 35   Papua New Guinea: 17.5% 
= 36   Cameroon: 17.3% 
= 36   Barbados: 17.3% 
= 38   Peru: 17.1% 
= 38   United States: 17.1% 
# 40   Cape Verde: 17% 
# 41   Norway: 16.2% 
# 42   Colombia: 15.6% 
= 43   Bangladesh: 15.5% 
= 43   Korea, South: 15.5% 
# 45   Denmark: 15.4% 
# 46   Cambodia: 15.3% 
= 47   New Zealand: 15.1% 
= 47   Switzerland: 15.1% 
# 49   Nicaragua: 15% 
# 50   Nepal: 14.9% 
# 51   Samoa: 14.6% 
# 52   Hungary: 14.1% 
= 53   Argentina: 13.8% 
= 53   Ethiopia: 13.8% 
# 55   Togo: 13.6% 
# 56   Ireland: 13.5% 
# 57   Trinidad and Tobago: 13.4% 
= 58   Australia: 13.3% 
= 58   Mauritius: 13.3% 
# 60   Tonga: 13.2% 
= 61   Bhutan: 12.9% 
= 61   Grenada: 12.9% 
= 63   Poland: 12.8% 
= 63   Sweden: 12.8% 
= 65   Canada: 12.7% 
= 65   Portugal: 12.7% 
= 65   India: 12.7% 
= 65   Finland: 12.7% 
# 69   Congo, Republic of the: 12.6% 
# 70   Dominican Republic: 12.4% 
= 71   Jamaica: 12.3% 
= 71   Lebanon: 12.3% 
# 73   Brazil: 12% 
# 74   Georgia: 11.8% 
= 75   United Kingdom: 11.5% 
= 75   Russia: 11.5% 
= 77   France: 11.4% 
= 77   Paraguay: 11.4% 
# 79   Spain: 11.3% 
# 80   Austria: 11.1% 
# 81   Laos: 11% 
# 82   Netherlands: 10.7% 
# 83   Japan: 10.5% 
# 84   Italy: 10.3% 
# 85   Croatia: 10% 
= 86   Czech Republic: 9.6% 
= 86   Uruguay: 9.6% 
# 88   Germany: 9.5% 
# 89   Brunei: 9.1% 
# 90   Indonesia: 9% 
# 91   Gambia, The: 8.9% 
# 92   Ecuador: 8% 
# 93   Pakistan: 7.8% 
# 94   Panama: 7.7% 
# 95   Slovakia: 7.5% 
# 96   Equatorial Guinea: 1.6% 
Weighted average: 15.7%  



DEFINITION: Public educational expenditure as a percent of overall government expenditure.

SOURCE: United Nations Human Development Programme

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