NationMaster - Public spending per student > Primary level (most recent) by country

Rank	Countries	Amount (top to bottom)
#1	Lithuania:	61.4
#2	Belarus:	45.8
#3	Sudan:	45.6
#4	Ukraine:	42.4
#5	Djibouti:	35.8
#6	Cuba:	34.7
#7	Ethiopia:	33.6
#8	Norway:	29.2
#9	Lesotho:	27
#10	Poland:	26.5
#11	Austria:	25.1
#12	Azerbaijan:	24.8
#13	Estonia:	24.5
#14	Kuwait:	23.6
#15	Latvia:	23.6
#16	Sweden:	23.5
#17	Denmark:	23.4
#18	Switzerland:	23.2
#19	Barbados:	22.9
#20	Niger:	22.3
#21	Burkina Faso:	22.2
#22	Japan:	21.3
#23	Israel:	21.2
#24	Italy:	21.2
#25	Namibia:	20.7
#26	Slovenia:	20.6
#27	Morocco:	20.5
#28	Portugal:	20.5
#29	Nicaragua:	20.5
#30	New Zealand:	19.9
#31	Romania:	19.9
#32	Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:	19.1
#33	Spain:	18.8
#34	Cyprus:	18.3
#35	France:	18
#36	United States:	17.9
#37	Germany:	17.8
#38	Hungary:	17.7
#39	Aruba:	17.6
#40	Turkey:	17.6
#41	Finland:	17.3
#42	Belgium:	17
#43	Fiji:	16.5
#44	Tunisia:	16.2
#45	Trinidad and Tobago:	16.2
#46	Jamaica:	16.2
#47	Greece:	16
#48	Australia:	15.9
#49	Panama:	15.8
#50	Netherlands:	15.4
#51	Bulgaria:	15.2
#52	Costa Rica:	14.9
#53	Cote d'Ivoire:	14.7
#54	Belize:	14.4
#55	Philippines:	14.3
#56	Nepal:	14.2
#57	South Africa:	14
#58	United Kingdom:	14
#59	Chile:	13.9
#60	Saint Lucia:	13.8
#61	Seychelles:	13.8
#62	Maldives:	13.8
#63	Mali:	13.7
#64	Jordan:	13.7
#65	Senegal:	13.6
#66	Gambia, The:	13.5
#67	Bolivia:	13.3
#68	Ireland:	13.3
#69	Iceland:	13.2
#70	Vanuatu:	13.2
#71	Zimbabwe:	13.2
#72	Syria:	12.9
#73	Comoros:	12.6
#74	Argentina:	12.5
#75	Thailand:	12.5
#76	Brazil:	12.5
#77	Malta:	12.5
#78	Czech Republic:	12.5
#79	Mexico:	11.7
#80	Mauritania:	11.7
#81	Togo:	11.6
#82	Eritrea:	11.5
#83	Oman:	11.4
#84	Malaysia:	11.2
#85	Papua New Guinea:	11.1
#86	Burundi:	10.9
#87	Paraguay:	10.9
#88	Slovakia:	10.8
#89	Mauritius:	10.8
#90	Lebanon:	10.5
#91	Benin:	10.3
#92	Macau:	10.1
#93	Albania:	9.5
#94	Chad:	9.5
#95	Guinea:	9.5
#96	Bahrain:	8.9
#97	United Arab Emirates:	8.5
#98	Samoa:	8.5
#99	Swaziland:	8.5
#100	Cameroon:	8.3
#101	Malawi:	8.2
#102	Uruguay:	8.2
#103	Peru:	8
#104	Uganda:	7.7
#105	Vietnam:	7.5
#106	Bangladesh:	7.3
#107	India:	7.2
#108	Rwanda:	6.9
#109	China:	6.1
#110	Brunei:	5.3
#111	Guatemala:	4.9
#112	Zambia:	4.7
#113	Gabon:	4.6
#114	Ecuador:	4.3
#115	Armenia:	4
#116	Madagascar:	3.9
#117	Cambodia:	3.2
#118	Indonesia:	3.2
#119	Dominican Republic:	2.8
#120	Venezuela:	2.1
#121	El Salvador:	2
#122	Burma:	1.6
#123	Equatorial Guinea:	1.4
#124	Moldova:	1.3
#125	Guyana:	1
#126	Kenya:	0.4
	Weighted average:	15.0

DEFINITION: Public expenditure per student, primary level is the total reported current spending by the government on primary education, divided by the total number of pupils in primary education, expressed as a percentage of per capita GDP.

SOURCE: UNESCO

Education Statistics > Public spending per student > Primary level (most recent) by country

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