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Education Statistics > Public spending on education, total > % of GDP (2001) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1     Kiribati: 15.59 %   2001 Time series
# 2     Vanuatu: 9.84 %   2001 Time series
# 3     Palau: 9.7 %   2001 Time series
# 4     Lesotho: 9.67 %   2001 Time series
# 5     Yemen: 9.64 %   2001 Time series
# 6     Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 9.5 %   2001 Time series
# 7     Cuba: 8.96 %   2001 Time series
# 8     Marshall Islands: 8.78 %   2001 Time series
# 9     Swaziland: 8.74 %   2001 Time series
# 10     Guyana: 8.59 %   2001 Time series
# 11     Denmark: 8.52 %   2001 Time series
# 12     Saint Kitts and Nevis: 8.05 %   2001 Time series
# 13     Mongolia: 7.98 %   2001 Time series
# 14     Namibia: 7.92 %   2001 Time series
# 15     Malaysia: 7.89 %   2001 Time series
# 16     Saint Lucia: 7.79 %   2001 Time series
# 17     Saudi Arabia: 7.77 %   2001 Time series
# 18     Israel: 7.33 %   2001 Time series
# 19     Sweden: 7.3 %   2001 Time series
# 20     Barbados: 7.15 %   2001 Time series
# 21     Norway: 7 %   2001 Time series
# 22     Tunisia: 6.85 %   2001 Time series
# 23     New Zealand: 6.85 %   2001 Time series
# 24     Kuwait: 6.59 %   2001 Time series
# 25     Iceland: 6.5 %   2001 Time series
# 26     Finland: 6.24 %   2001 Time series
# 27     Morocco: 6.23 %   2001 Time series
# 28     Belgium: 6.11 %   2001 Time series
# 29     Slovenia: 6.08 %   2001 Time series
# 30     Jamaica: 6.08 %   2001 Time series
# 31     Portugal: 5.91 %   2001 Time series
# 32     Bolivia: 5.9 %   2001 Time series
# 33     Lithuania: 5.89 %   2001 Time series
# 34     Belize: 5.8 %   2001 Time series
# 35     United States: 5.75 %   2001 Time series
# 36     Fiji: 5.74 %   2001 Time series
# 37     Austria: 5.7 %   2001 Time series
# 38     Bhutan: 5.62 %   2001 Time series
# 39     Cyprus: 5.6 %   2001 Time series
# 40     France: 5.57 %   2001 Time series
# 41     Tonga: 5.57 %   2001 Time series
# 42     Switzerland: 5.52 %   2001 Time series
# 43     Latvia: 5.48 %   2001 Time series
# 44     Estonia: 5.47 %   2001 Time series
# 45     Poland: 5.43 %   2001 Time series
# 46     South Africa: 5.29 %   2001 Time series
# 47     Kenya: 5.21 %   2001 Time series
# 48     Mexico: 5.16 %   2001 Time series
# 49     Canada: 5.16 %   2001 Time series
# 50     Hungary: 5.07 %   2001 Time series
# 51     Thailand: 5.02 %   2001 Time series
# 52     Netherlands: 4.99 %   2001 Time series
# 53     Italy: 4.98 %   2001 Time series
# 54     Australia: 4.9 %   2001 Time series
# 55     Argentina: 4.83 %   2001 Time series
# 56     Aruba: 4.79 %   2001 Time series
# 57     Paraguay: 4.76 %   2001 Time series
# 58     United Kingdom: 4.75 %   2001 Time series
# 59     Costa Rica: 4.71 %   2001 Time series
# 60     Ukraine: 4.68 %   2001 Time series
# 61     Sierra Leone: 4.65 %   2001 Time series
# 62     Côte d'Ivoire: 4.63 %   2001 Time series
# 63     Malta: 4.62 %   2001 Time series
# 64     Eritrea: 4.54 %   2001 Time series
# 65     Croatia: 4.49 %   2001 Time series
# 66     Germany: 4.48 %   2001 Time series
# 67     Colombia: 4.44 %   2001 Time series
# 68     Iran: 4.42 %   2001 Time series
# 69     Panama: 4.35 %   2001 Time series
# 70     Moldova: 4.35 %   2001 Time series
# 71     Ireland: 4.32 %   2001 Time series
# 72     Korea, South: 4.31 %   2001 Time series
# 73     Samoa: 4.31 %   2001 Time series
# 74     Spain: 4.24 %   2001 Time series
# 75     Brazil: 4.22 %   2001 Time series
# 76     Czech Republic: 4.16 %   2001 Time series
# 77     Trinidad and Tobago: 4.15 %   2001 Time series
# 78     Slovakia: 4.03 %   2001 Time series
# 79     Oman: 3.92 %   2001 Time series
# 80     Hong Kong: 3.91 %   2001 Time series
# 81     Greece: 3.9 %   2001 Time series
# 82     Ethiopia: 3.89 %   2001 Time series
# 83     Burundi: 3.84 %   2001 Time series
# 84     Nicaragua: 3.8 %   2001 Time series
# 85     Comoros: 3.75 %   2001 Time series
# 86     Singapore: 3.72 %   2001 Time series
# 87     Nepal: 3.71 %   2001 Time series
# 88     Turkey: 3.65 %   2001 Time series
# 89     Japan: 3.56 %   2001 Time series
# 90     Bulgaria: 3.53 %   2001 Time series
# 91     Senegal: 3.52 %   2001 Time series
# 92     Azerbaijan: 3.5 %   2001 Time series
# 93     Mauritius: 3.35 %   2001 Time series
# 94     Mauritania: 3.35 %   2001 Time series
# 95     Romania: 3.28 %   2001 Time series
# 96     Benin: 3.26 %   2001 Time series
# 97     Philippines: 3.24 %   2001 Time series
# 98     Congo, Republic of the: 3.21 %   2001 Time series
# 99     Armenia: 3.18 %   2001 Time series
# 100     Uruguay: 3.15 %   2001 Time series
# 101     Russia: 3.11 %   2001 Time series
# 102     Kyrgyzstan: 3.09 %   2001 Time series
# 103     Kazakhstan: 3.05 %   2001 Time series
# 104     Macau: 3 %   2001 Time series
# 105     Peru: 2.94 %   2001 Time series
# 106     Lebanon: 2.94 %   2001 Time series
# 107     Madagascar: 2.85 %   2001 Time series
# 108     Cameroon: 2.79 %   2001 Time series
# 109     Angola: 2.61 %   2001 Time series
# 110     El Salvador: 2.55 %   2001 Time series
# 111     Bangladesh: 2.55 %   2001 Time series
# 112     Tajikistan: 2.38 %   2001 Time series
# 113     Niger: 2.33 %   2001 Time series
# 114     Dominican Republic: 2.3 %   2001 Time series
# 115     Georgia: 2.14 %   2001 Time series
# 116     United Arab Emirates: 2.02 %   2001 Time series
# 117     Laos: 1.99 %   2001 Time series
# 118     Zambia: 1.99 %   2001 Time series
# 119     Cambodia: 1.81 %   2001 Time series
# 120     Burma: 1.26 %   2001 Time series
# 121     Indonesia: 1.15 %   2001 Time series
# 122     Equatorial Guinea: 0.59 %   2001 Time series
Weighted average: 5.0 %  


DEFINITION: Public expenditure on education consists of current and capital public expenditure on education plus subsidies to private education at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels.

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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"Public spending on education, total > % of GDP (2001) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/edu_pub_spe_on_edu_tot_of_gdp-education-public-spending-total-gdp&date=2001

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