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Education Statistics > Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure (2000) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1     Yemen: 32.78 %   2000 Time series
# 2     Thailand: 30.97 %   2000 Time series
# 3     Malaysia: 26.65 %   2000 Time series
# 4     Kenya: 25.77 %   2000 Time series
# 5     Guinea: 25.62 %   2000 Time series
# 6     Azerbaijan: 23.8 %   2000 Time series
# 7     Mexico: 23.62 %   2000 Time series
# 8     Morocco: 23.46 %   2000 Time series
# 9     Togo: 23.16 %   2000 Time series
# 10     Fiji: 22.82 %   2000 Time series
# 11     Saudi Arabia: 22.7 %   2000 Time series
# 12     United Arab Emirates: 22.21 %   2000 Time series
# 13     Côte d'Ivoire: 21.54 %   2000 Time series
# 14     Namibia: 21.04 %   2000 Time series
# 15     Bahamas, The: 19.67 %   2000 Time series
# 16     El Salvador: 18.6 %   2000 Time series
# 17     Lesotho: 18.52 %   2000 Time series
# 18     Iran: 18.28 %   2000 Time series
# 19     Guyana: 18.23 %   2000 Time series
# 20     Oman: 18.17 %   2000 Time series
# 21     South Africa: 18.11 %   2000 Time series
# 22     Chile: 17.51 %   2000 Time series
# 23     Tunisia: 17.37 %   2000 Time series
# 24     Colombia: 17.37 %   2000 Time series
# 25     Vanuatu: 16.93 %   2000 Time series
# 26     Tonga: 16.52 %   2000 Time series
# 27     Belize: 16.3 %   2000 Time series
# 28     Norway: 16.18 %   2000 Time series
# 29     Aruba: 16.02 %   2000 Time series
# 30     Bolivia: 15.82 %   2000 Time series
# 31     Denmark: 15.32 %   2000 Time series
# 32     Cuba: 15.11 %   2000 Time series
# 33     Switzerland: 15.11 %   2000 Time series
# 34     Moldova: 15.03 %   2000 Time series
# 35     Bangladesh: 14.99 %   2000 Time series
# 36     Ukraine: 14.72 %   2000 Time series
# 37     Saint Kitts and Nevis: 14.68 %   2000 Time series
# 38     Cambodia: 14.65 %   2000 Time series
# 39     Barbados: 14.41 %   2000 Time series
# 40     Gambia, The: 14.24 %   2000 Time series
# 41     Hungary: 14.08 %   2000 Time series
# 42     Philippines: 13.95 %   2000 Time series
# 43     Macau: 13.94 %   2000 Time series
# 44     Congo, Republic of the: 13.86 %   2000 Time series
# 45     Israel: 13.83 %   2000 Time series
# 46     Nicaragua: 13.8 %   2000 Time series
# 47     Bhutan: 13.79 %   2000 Time series
# 48     Argentina: 13.72 %   2000 Time series
# 49     Netherlands Antilles: 13.63 %   2000 Time series
# 50     Mauritius: 13.58 %   2000 Time series
# 51     Ireland: 13.54 %   2000 Time series
# 52     Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 13.44 %   2000 Time series
# 53     Sweden: 13.4 %   2000 Time series
# 54     Australia: 13.32 %   2000 Time series
# 55     Samoa: 13.27 %   2000 Time series
# 56     Nepal: 13.17 %   2000 Time series
# 57     India: 12.71 %   2000 Time series
# 58     Portugal: 12.68 %   2000 Time series
# 59     Trinidad and Tobago: 12.52 %   2000 Time series
# 60     Poland: 12.23 %   2000 Time series
# 61     Finland: 12.22 %   2000 Time series
# 62     Kazakhstan: 12.09 %   2000 Time series
# 63     Brazil: 12.01 %   2000 Time series
# 64     Uruguay: 11.84 %   2000 Time series
# 65     Georgia: 11.7 %   2000 Time series
# 66     France: 11.39 %   2000 Time series
# 67     United Kingdom: 11.35 %   2000 Time series
# 68     Ethiopia: 11.28 %   2000 Time series
# 69     Paraguay: 11.25 %   2000 Time series
# 70     Spain: 11.22 %   2000 Time series
# 71     Jamaica: 10.8 %   2000 Time series
# 72     Russia: 10.65 %   2000 Time series
# 73     Japan: 10.49 %   2000 Time series
# 74     Turkey: 10.1 %   2000 Time series
# 75     Germany: 9.87 %   2000 Time series
# 76     Cameroon: 9.85 %   2000 Time series
# 77     Czech Republic: 9.7 %   2000 Time series
# 78     Lebanon: 9.15 %   2000 Time series
# 79     Brunei: 9.14 %   2000 Time series
# 80     Italy: 8.87 %   2000 Time series
# 81     Burma: 8.67 %   2000 Time series
# 82     Ecuador: 8.01 %   2000 Time series
# 83     Laos: 7.38 %   2000 Time series
Weighted average: 15.4 %  


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 government expenditure (2000) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/edu_pub_spe_on_edu_tot_of_gov_exp-public-spending-total-government-expenditure&date=2000

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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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