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Education Statistics > Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1     Yemen: 32.78 %   2000 Time series
# 2     Lesotho: 29.82 %   2005 Time series
# 3     Kenya: 29.19 %   2004 Time series
# 4     Malaysia: 28.02 %   2003 Time series
# 5     Saudi Arabia: 27.57 %   2004 Time series
# 6     Thailand: 27.53 %   2004 Time series
# 7     United Arab Emirates: 27.43 %   2005 Time series
# 8     Djibouti: 27.32 %   2005 Time series
# 9     Morocco: 27.23 %   2005 Time series
# 10     Vanuatu: 26.71 %   2001 Time series
# 11     Guinea: 25.62 %   2000 Time series
# 12     Cape Verde: 25.44 %   2005 Time series
# 13     Madagascar: 25.3 %   2005 Time series
# 14     Malawi: 24.58 %   1999 Time series
# 15     Oman: 24.23 %   2005 Time series
# 16     Comoros: 24.12 %   2002 Time series
# 17     Mexico: 23.82 %   2003 Time series
# 18     Hong Kong: 22.99 %   2005 Time series
# 19     Iran: 22.85 %   2005 Time series
# 20     Mongolia: 22.71 %   1991 Time series
# 21     Algeria: 22.05 %   1991 Time series
# 22     Côte d'Ivoire: 21.6 %   2005 Time series
# 23     Botswana: 21.55 %   2005 Time series
# 24     Moldova: 21.15 %   2005 Time series
# 25     Namibia: 21.04 %   2000 Time series
# 26     New Zealand: 20.92 %   2003 Time series
# 27     Jordan: 20.6 %   1999 Time series
# 28     Fiji: 20.04 %   2002 Time series
# 29     Haiti: 20.01 %   1991 Time series
# 30     El Salvador: 20 %   2002 Time series
# 31     Bahamas, The: 19.67 %   2000 Time series
# 32     Turkmenistan: 19.65 %   1991 Time series
# 33     Azerbaijan: 19.58 %   2005 Time series
# 34     Swaziland: 19.51 %   1991 Time series
# 35     Mozambique: 19.47 %   2004 Time series
# 36     Ethiopia: 19.4 %   2005 Time series
# 37     Senegal: 18.93 %   2005 Time series
# 38     Ukraine: 18.9 %   2005 Time series
# 39     Kyrgyzstan: 18.65 %   2001 Time series
# 40     Niger: 18.58 %   1991 Time series
# 41     Costa Rica: 18.53 %   2004 Time series
# 42     Chile: 18.47 %   2004 Time series
# 43     Uganda: 18.29 %   2004 Time series
# 44     Singapore: 18.22 %   1991 Time series
# 45     Tunisia: 18.2 %   2001 Time series
= 46     Burma: 18.12 %   2001 Time series
= 46     Belize: 18.12 %   2003 Time series
# 48     Bolivia: 18.06 %   2003 Time series
# 49     Tajikistan: 18.04 %   2005 Time series
# 50     South Africa: 17.85 %   2005 Time series
# 51     Uzbekistan: 17.81 %   1991 Time series
# 52     Burundi: 17.73 %   2005 Time series
# 53     Philippines: 17.22 %   2003 Time series
# 54     Venezuela: 17.04 %   1991 Time series
# 55     Bermuda: 17 %   1998 Time series
# 56     Iceland: 16.95 %   2003 Time series
# 57     Saint Lucia: 16.91 %   2005 Time series
# 58     Burkina Faso: 16.64 %   2005 Time series
# 59     Cuba: 16.58 %   2005 Time series
# 60     Macedonia, Republic of: 16.42 %   2003 Time series
# 61     Barbados: 16.4 %   2005 Time series
# 62     Cyprus: 16.23 %   2003 Time series
# 63     Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 16.09 %   2005 Time series
# 64     Marshall Islands: 15.76 %   2003 Time series
# 65     Norway: 15.73 %   2003 Time series
# 66     Lithuania: 15.66 %   2003 Time series
# 67     Estonia: 15.44 %   2003 Time series
# 68     Aruba: 15.43 %   2005 Time series
# 69     Latvia: 15.37 %   2003 Time series
# 70     United States: 15.25 %   2003 Time series
# 71     Denmark: 15.08 %   2003 Time series
= 72     Maldives: 15 %   2005 Time series
= 72     Nicaragua: 15 %   2002 Time series
# 74     Korea, South: 14.98 %   2003 Time series
# 75     Nepal: 14.89 %   2003 Time series
# 76     Mali: 14.83 %   2005 Time series
# 77     Zambia: 14.8 %   2004 Time series
# 78     Cambodia: 14.65 %   2000 Time series
# 79     Guyana: 14.53 %   2005 Time series
# 80     Mauritius: 14.26 %   2005 Time series
# 81     Bangladesh: 14.24 %   2005 Time series
# 82     Syria: 14.2 %   1991 Time series
# 83     Benin: 14.14 %   2005 Time series
# 84     Macau: 14.03 %   2004 Time series
# 85     Peru: 13.7 %   2005 Time series
# 86     Israel: 13.69 %   2003 Time series
# 87     Samoa: 13.67 %   2002 Time series
# 88     Turkey: 13.6 %   2005 Time series
# 89     Togo: 13.55 %   2002 Time series
# 90     Tonga: 13.5 %   2003 Time series
# 91     Trinidad and Tobago: 13.4 %   2001 Time series
# 92     Australia: 13.32 %   2000 Time series
# 93     Ireland: 13.15 %   2003 Time series
# 94     Georgia: 13.14 %   2004 Time series
# 95     Guatemala: 13.02 %   1991 Time series
# 96     China: 12.97 %   1999 Time series
# 97     Switzerland: 12.96 %   2003 Time series
= 98     Bhutan: 12.86 %   2001 Time series
= 98     Grenada: 12.86 %   2003 Time series
# 100     Sweden: 12.83 %   2003 Time series
# 101     Finland: 12.82 %   2003 Time series
= 102     Netherlands Antilles: 12.8 %   2001 Time series
= 102     Bahrain: 12.8 %   1991 Time series
# 104     Saint Kitts and Nevis: 12.71 %   2003 Time series
# 105     Kuwait: 12.7 %   2005 Time series
# 106     Slovenia: 12.56 %   2003 Time series
# 107     Canada: 12.46 %   2001 Time series
# 108     Portugal: 12.41 %   2003 Time series
# 109     Poland: 12.29 %   2002 Time series
= 110     Rwanda: 12.25 %   2005 Time series
= 110     Russia: 12.25 %   2003 Time series
# 112     Kazakhstan: 12.09 %   2000 Time series
# 113     Argentina: 12.02 %   2003 Time series
# 114     United Kingdom: 11.93 %   2003 Time series
# 115     Guinea-Bissau: 11.86 %   1999 Time series
# 116     Belgium: 11.85 %   2003 Time series
# 117     Laos: 11.71 %   2005 Time series
# 118     Tanzania: 11.37 %   1991 Time series
# 119     Belarus: 11.33 %   2005 Time series
# 120     Spain: 11.19 %   2003 Time series
# 121     Slovakia: 11.18 %   2003 Time series
# 122     Colombia: 11.06 %   2005 Time series
# 123     France: 11.03 %   2003 Time series
# 124     Lebanon: 10.99 %   2005 Time series
# 125     Pakistan: 10.94 %   2005 Time series
# 126     Brazil: 10.86 %   2002 Time series
# 127     Austria: 10.83 %   2003 Time series
# 128     Netherlands: 10.78 %   2003 Time series
# 129     Paraguay: 10.75 %   2003 Time series
# 130     India: 10.74 %   2003 Time series
# 131     Seychelles: 10.7 %   1998 Time series
# 132     Japan: 10.68 %   2003 Time series
# 133     Hungary: 10.25 %   2002 Time series
# 134     Chad: 10.12 %   2005 Time series
# 135     Malta: 10.09 %   2002 Time series
# 136     Croatia: 9.99 %   2002 Time series
# 137     Vietnam: 9.73 %   1991 Time series
# 138     Germany: 9.72 %   2003 Time series
# 139     Dominican Republic: 9.7 %   2005 Time series
# 140     Gabon: 9.61 %   1998 Time series
# 141     Jamaica: 9.54 %   2003 Time series
# 142     Italy: 9.5 %   2003 Time series
# 143     Brunei: 9.14 %   2000 Time series
# 144     Indonesia: 9.03 %   2002 Time series
= 145     Panama: 8.95 %   2004 Time series
= 145     Gambia, The: 8.95 %   2002 Time series
# 147     Cameroon: 8.57 %   2005 Time series
# 148     Czech Republic: 8.51 %   2003 Time series
# 149     Luxembourg: 8.5 %   1999 Time series
# 150     Albania: 8.43 %   2002 Time series
# 151     Sri Lanka: 8.41 %   1991 Time series
# 152     Mauritania: 8.31 %   2005 Time series
# 153     Congo, Republic of the: 8.09 %   2005 Time series
# 154     Ecuador: 8.01 %   2000 Time series
# 155     Greece: 7.98 %   2003 Time series
# 156     Solomon Islands: 7.94 %   1991 Time series
# 157     Uruguay: 7.86 %   2003 Time series
# 158     Angola: 6.35 %   1999 Time series
# 159     Monaco: 5.07 %   1999 Time series
# 160     Equatorial Guinea: 4.01 %   2003 Time series
# 161     Sudan: 2.75 %   1991 Time series
Weighted average: 15.3 %  


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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Mike
19th May 2009 		Looking at the US in terms of investment into educatin we are not even registering on the chart of statistics!
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