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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   Nicaragua: 20.5 
#28   Morocco: 20.5 
#29   Portugal: 20.5 
#30   Romania: 19.9 
#31   New Zealand: 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   Trinidad and Tobago: 16.2 
#45   Jamaica: 16.2 
#46   Tunisia: 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   Seychelles: 13.8 
#61   Maldives: 13.8 
#62   Saint Lucia: 13.8 
#63   Jordan: 13.7 
#64   Mali: 13.7 
#65   Senegal: 13.6 
#66   Gambia, The: 13.5 
#67   Ireland: 13.3 
#68   Bolivia: 13.3 
#69   Vanuatu: 13.2 
#70   Iceland: 13.2 
#71   Zimbabwe: 13.2 
#72   Syria: 12.9 
#73   Comoros: 12.6 
#74   Czech Republic: 12.5 
#75   Argentina: 12.5 
#76   Brazil: 12.5 
#77   Thailand: 12.5 
#78   Malta: 12.5 
#79   Mauritania: 11.7 
#80   Mexico: 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   Guinea: 9.5 
#95   Chad: 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:
#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:
#116   Madagascar: 3.9 
#117   Cambodia: 3.2 
#118   Indonesia: 3.2 
#119   Dominican Republic: 2.8 
#120   Venezuela: 2.1 
#121   El Salvador:
#122   Burma: 1.6 
#123   Equatorial Guinea: 1.4 
#124   Moldova: 1.3 
#125   Guyana:
#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

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