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