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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     Guinea: 25.6% 
= 5     Botswana: 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     Chile: 18.7% 
= 24     Cuba: 18.7% 
# 26     Kyrgyzstan: 18.6% 
# 27     South Africa: 18.5% 
= 28     Guyana: 18.4% 
= 28     Lesotho: 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     Barbados: 17.3% 
= 36     Cameroon: 17.3% 
= 38     Peru: 17.1% 
= 38     United States: 17.1% 
# 40     Cape Verde: 17% 
# 41     Norway: 16.2% 
# 42     Colombia: 15.6% 
= 43     Korea, South: 15.5% 
= 43     Bangladesh: 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     Ethiopia: 13.8% 
= 53     Argentina: 13.8% 
# 55     Togo: 13.6% 
# 56     Ireland: 13.5% 
# 57     Trinidad and Tobago: 13.4% 
= 58     Mauritius: 13.3% 
= 58     Australia: 13.3% 
# 60     Tonga: 13.2% 
= 61     Grenada: 12.9% 
= 61     Bhutan: 12.9% 
= 63     Poland: 12.8% 
= 63     Sweden: 12.8% 
= 65     Portugal: 12.7% 
= 65     Canada: 12.7% 
= 65     Finland: 12.7% 
= 65     India: 12.7% 
# 69     Congo, Republic of the: 12.6% 
# 70     Dominican Republic: 12.4% 
= 71     Lebanon: 12.3% 
= 71     Jamaica: 12.3% 
# 73     Brazil: 12% 
# 74     Georgia: 11.8% 
= 75     United Kingdom: 11.5% 
= 75     Russia: 11.5% 
= 77     Paraguay: 11.4% 
= 77     France: 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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"Education spending (% of total government expenditure) by country", United Nations Human Development Programme. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/edu_edu_spe_as_per_of_tot_gov_exp-education-spending-total-government-expenditure

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