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United Nations
Human Development Programme
DEFINITION
Overall percent of education expenditure dedicated to primary education. Includes pre-primary education spending.
Education Statistics
> Education spending (% Primary) (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
# 1
Papua New Guinea
:
71.4%
# 2
Cambodia
:
65.6%
# 3
Namibia
:
65.4%
# 4
Nepal
:
61.5%
= 5
El Salvador
:
61%
= 5
Macedonia, Republic of
:
61%
# 7
Saint Lucia
:
59.5%
# 8
Philippines
:
57.6%
# 9
Benin
:
57.4%
# 10
Paraguay
:
55.1%
= 11
Malawi
:
54.9%
= 11
Zimbabwe
:
54.9%
# 13
Zambia
:
54.8%
= 14
Gambia, The
:
54.7%
= 14
Guyana
:
54.7%
# 16
Mongolia
:
53.8%
= 17
Botswana
:
53.2%
= 17
Lesotho
:
53.2%
# 19
Guinea
:
52.1%
# 20
Niger
:
51.5%
# 21
Belize
:
50.9%
# 22
Chile
:
50.7%
# 23
Nicaragua
:
50.3%
# 24
Costa Rica
:
49.3%
# 25
Tonga
:
49.2%
# 26
Mexico
:
49.1%
# 27
Rwanda
:
48.2%
# 28
South Africa
:
47.8%
# 29
Laos
:
47%
# 30
Bolivia
:
46.9%
= 31
Dominican Republic
:
46.3%
= 31
Israel
:
46.3%
# 33
Comoros
:
45.7%
# 34
United Arab Emirates
:
45.6%
# 35
Bangladesh
:
45.4%
# 36
Togo
:
44.8%
# 37
Uruguay
:
44.1%
# 38
Cape Verde
:
43.8%
# 39
Argentina
:
43.3%
# 40
Burundi
:
43.1%
= 41
Samoa
:
43%
= 41
Cuba
:
43%
# 43
Peru
:
42.6%
# 44
Seychelles
:
42.5%
# 45
Thailand
:
42.3%
# 46
Côte d'Ivoire
:
42.2%
= 47
Colombia
:
42.1%
= 47
Madagascar
:
42.1%
= 47
Grenada
:
42.1%
# 50
Poland
:
41.6%
# 51
Ecuador
:
41.1%
# 52
Morocco
:
39.8%
# 53
United States
:
39.5%
= 54
Iceland
:
38.4%
= 54
India
:
38.4%
# 56
Brazil
:
38.3%
# 57
Japan
:
38.2%
# 58
Turkey
:
37.7%
# 59
Moldova
:
37.3%
# 60
Bulgaria
:
37.2%
# 61
Indonesia
:
37.1%
# 62
Portugal
:
36.9%
# 63
Jamaica
:
36.8%
# 64
Norway
:
36.5%
# 65
Congo, Republic of the
:
36.1%
# 66
Oman
:
35.9%
# 67
Spain
:
35.8%
# 68
Netherlands
:
35.5%
# 69
Cyprus
:
35.3%
# 70
Korea, South
:
35.2%
= 71
Australia
:
35%
= 71
Fiji
:
35%
# 73
Sweden
:
34.8%
# 74
Switzerland
:
34.7%
= 75
Equatorial Guinea
:
34.4%
= 75
Italy
:
34.4%
# 77
Panama
:
34.2%
# 78
Barbados
:
33.7%
# 79
Estonia
:
33.2%
# 80
Tunisia
:
32.9%
# 81
Ireland
:
32.6%
# 82
Croatia
:
32.3%
# 83
United Kingdom
:
32.2%
= 84
Mauritius
:
32%
= 84
Malaysia
:
32%
# 86
Swaziland
:
31.8%
# 87
Belgium
:
31.6%
# 88
France
:
31.3%
# 89
Denmark
:
31.1%
# 90
Hungary
:
30.9%
# 91
Tajikistan
:
30.8%
# 92
Antigua and Barbuda
:
30.7%
# 93
Latvia
:
30.2%
# 94
New Zealand
:
28.6%
# 95
Saint Kitts and Nevis
:
28.5%
# 96
Vanuatu
:
27.9%
# 97
Austria
:
27.6%
# 98
Greece
:
27.5%
# 99
Finland
:
27%
# 100
Eritrea
:
26%
# 101
Azerbaijan
:
25.9%
# 102
Czech Republic
:
25.8%
= 103
Hong Kong
:
25.1%
= 103
Iran
:
25.1%
# 105
Slovakia
:
24.4%
# 106
Kyrgyzstan
:
23%
# 107
Kazakhstan
:
22.9%
# 108
Germany
:
22.8%
# 109
Armenia
:
21.7%
# 110
Ukraine
:
20%
Weighted average:
40.4%
DEFINITION:
Overall percent of education expenditure dedicated to primary education. Includes pre-primary education spending.
SOURCE:
United Nations
Human Development Programme
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