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Education Statistics > Expenditure per student, primary > % of GDP per capita (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Djibouti: 55.49 %   2005 Time series
# 2   Cuba: 37.65 %   2004 Time series
# 3   Burkina Faso: 34.69 %   2005 Time series
# 4   Kiribati: 31.66 %   2001 Time series
# 5   Slovenia: 30.03 %   2003 Time series
# 6   Cyprus: 26.74 %   2003 Time series
# 7   Iceland: 26.11 %   2003 Time series
# 8   Italy: 25.91 %   2003 Time series
# 9   Marshall Islands: 25.74 %   2002 Time series
# 10   Denmark: 25.48 %   2003 Time series
# 11   Switzerland: 24.88 %   2003 Time series
# 12   Portugal: 24.42 %   2003 Time series
# 13   Lesotho: 24.19 %   2005 Time series
# 14   Tunisia: 24.12 %   2003 Time series
# 15   Sweden: 23.98 %   2003 Time series
# 16   Macedonia, Republic of: 23.84 %   2003 Time series
# 17   Kenya: 23.57 %   2004 Time series
# 18   Suriname: 23.53 %   1991 Time series
# 19   Barbados: 23.41 %   2005 Time series
# 20   Austria: 23.18 %   2003 Time series
# 21   Morocco: 22.9 %   2005 Time series
# 22   Poland: 22.89 %   2003 Time series
# 23   Israel: 22.79 %   2003 Time series
# 24   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 22.72 %   2005 Time series
# 25   Japan: 22.63 %   2003 Time series
# 26   Ethiopia: 22.11 %   1991 Time series
# 27   Maldives: 22 %   2005 Time series
# 28   Hungary: 21.93 %   2003 Time series
# 29   Norway: 21.68 %   2003 Time series
# 30   United States: 21.51 %   2003 Time series
# 31   Latvia: 20.55 %   2003 Time series
# 32   Luxembourg: 20.33 %   2003 Time series
# 33   Croatia: 20.22 %   2003 Time series
# 34   Belgium: 20.18 %   2003 Time series
# 35   Estonia: 20.14 %   2003 Time series
# 36   Namibia: 20.13 %   2003 Time series
# 37   Cape Verde: 19.82 %   2005 Time series
# 38   Colombia: 19.55 %   2005 Time series
# 39   New Zealand: 19.42 %   2004 Time series
# 40   Burundi: 19.13 %   2005 Time series
= 41   Niger: 19.03 %   2002 Time series
= 41   Bulgaria: 19.03 %   2003 Time series
# 43   Finland: 18.72 %   2003 Time series
# 44   Senegal: 18.67 %   2005 Time series
# 45   Netherlands: 18.66 %   2003 Time series
# 46   Korea, South: 18.63 %   2003 Time series
= 47   Malaysia: 18.62 %   2003 Time series
= 47   Spain: 18.62 %   2003 Time series
# 49   Fiji: 18.6 %   2004 Time series
# 50   United Kingdom: 18.44 %   2003 Time series
# 51   Seychelles: 18.06 %   2004 Time series
# 52   France: 17.6 %   2003 Time series
# 53   Botswana: 17.23 %   2005 Time series
# 54   Guyana: 17.08 %   2005 Time series
# 55   Costa Rica: 17.05 %   2004 Time series
# 56   Moldova: 16.6 %   2005 Time series
# 57   Germany: 16.57 %   2003 Time series
# 58   Australia: 16.41 %   2003 Time series
# 59   Oman: 16.31 %   2004 Time series
# 60   Côte d'Ivoire: 16.3 %   2001 Time series
# 61   Bolivia: 16.21 %   2003 Time series
# 62   Greece: 16.12 %   2003 Time series
# 63   Bahrain: 15.82 %   2002 Time series
# 64   Mali: 15.76 %   1999 Time series
# 65   Trinidad and Tobago: 15.7 %   2002 Time series
# 66   Mexico: 15.46 %   2003 Time series
# 67   Hong Kong: 14.86 %   2005 Time series
# 68   Ukraine: 14.81 %   2005 Time series
# 69   Vanuatu: 14.67 %   2001 Time series
# 70   Lithuania: 14.42 %   2003 Time series
# 71   Bhutan: 14.38 %   2000 Time series
# 72   Mongolia: 14.29 %   2004 Time series
# 73   Syria: 14.24 %   2002 Time series
# 74   South Africa: 14.16 %   2005 Time series
# 75   Belarus: 14.14 %   2005 Time series
= 76   Solomon Islands: 14.07 %   1991 Time series
= 76   Mozambique: 14.07 %   2004 Time series
# 78   Jordan: 14.02 %   2004 Time series
# 79   Thailand: 13.91 %   2004 Time series
# 80   Ireland: 13.86 %   2003 Time series
# 81   Malta: 13.57 %   2002 Time series
# 82   Malawi: 13.53 %   2003 Time series
# 83   Saint Lucia: 13.48 %   2005 Time series
# 84   Slovakia: 13.04 %   2003 Time series
# 85   Czech Republic: 12.87 %   2003 Time series
# 86   Ghana: 12.85 %   2005 Time series
# 87   Chile: 12.82 %   2004 Time series
# 88   Belize: 12.75 %   2004 Time series
# 89   Paraguay: 12.57 %   2003 Time series
# 90   Samoa: 12.56 %   2002 Time series
# 91   Aruba: 12.54 %   2003 Time series
# 92   Swaziland: 12.43 %   2004 Time series
# 93   Nepal: 12.41 %   2003 Time series
# 94   Kuwait: 12.16 %   2005 Time series
# 95   Tonga: 12.15 %   2004 Time series
# 96   Mauritius: 11.85 %   2005 Time series
# 97   Turkey: 11.84 %   2003 Time series
# 98   Grenada: 11.81 %   2003 Time series
# 99   Central African Republic: 11.76 %   2005 Time series
# 100   Philippines: 11.73 %   2003 Time series
= 101   Jamaica: 11.54 %   2004 Time series
= 101   Benin: 11.54 %   2005 Time series
# 103   Singapore: 11.49 %   2001 Time series
# 104   Zimbabwe: 11.36 %   2001 Time series
# 105   Algeria: 11.31 %   2003 Time series
= 106   Rwanda: 11.28 %   2005 Time series
= 106   Eritrea: 11.28 %   2005 Time series
# 108   Uganda: 11.27 %   2004 Time series
# 109   India: 11.08 %   2003 Time series
# 110   Argentina: 10.93 %   2003 Time series
# 111   Brazil: 10.8 %   2002 Time series
# 112   Cameroon: 10.3 %   2004 Time series
# 113   Guinea: 10.29 %   2000 Time series
# 114   Kazakhstan: 9.99 %   2005 Time series
# 115   Mauritania: 9.82 %   2005 Time series
# 116   Iran: 9.71 %   2005 Time series
# 117   Panama: 9.65 %   2004 Time series
# 118   Comoros: 9.48 %   2002 Time series
# 119   El Salvador: 9.24 %   2005 Time series
# 120   Haiti: 9.14 %   1991 Time series
# 121   Nicaragua: 8.81 %   2004 Time series
# 122   Tajikistan: 8.7 %   2005 Time series
# 123   Laos: 8.57 %   2005 Time series
# 124   Madagascar: 8.43 %   2005 Time series
# 125   Dominican Republic: 8.11 %   2005 Time series
# 126   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 7.92 %   2004 Time series
= 127   Macau: 7.78 %   2003 Time series
= 127   Albania: 7.78 %   2002 Time series
# 129   Kyrgyzstan: 7.57 %   2002 Time series
# 130   Gambia, The: 7.37 %   2004 Time series
# 131   Chad: 7.3 %   2005 Time series
# 132   Lebanon: 7.19 %   2005 Time series
# 133   United Arab Emirates: 7.1 %   2004 Time series
# 134   Bangladesh: 7.03 %   2004 Time series
# 135   Pakistan: 7 %   2004 Time series
# 136   Peru: 6.72 %   2005 Time series
# 137   Togo: 6.7 %   2002 Time series
# 138   Guatemala: 6.55 %   2002 Time series
# 139   Uruguay: 6.47 %   2003 Time series
# 140   Azerbaijan: 6.35 %   2005 Time series
# 141   Cambodia: 6.06 %   2004 Time series
# 142   Zambia: 5.42 %   2005 Time series
# 143   Armenia: 4.98 %   2001 Time series
# 144   Congo, Republic of the: 4.01 %   2005 Time series
# 145   Libya: 2.97 %   1999 Time series
# 146   Burma: 2.66 %   2003 Time series
# 147   Indonesia: 2.62 %   2003 Time series
# 148   Equatorial Guinea: 0.93 %   2001 Time series
Weighted average: 15.4 %   



DEFINITION: Public expenditure per student is the public current spending on education divided by the total number of students by level, as a percentage of GDP per capita.

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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