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Education Statistics > Spending > Proportion (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1     Cuba: 13.18   2008 Time series
# 2     New Caledonia: 12.22   1984 Time series
# 3     American Samoa: 11.76   1975 Time series
# 4     Lesotho: 9.43   2008 Time series
# 5     Uzbekistan: 9.37   2008 Time series
# 6     Virgin Islands: 9.36   1975 Time series
# 7     French Polynesia: 8.87   1984 Time series
# 8     Guam: 8.32   1985 Time series
# 9     Puerto Rico: 7.92   1975 Time series
# 10     Denmark: 7.41   2008 Time series
# 11     Iceland: 7.31   2008 Time series
# 12     Namibia: 7.28   2008 Time series
# 13     Saudi Arabia: 7.19   2008 Time series
# 14     Zimbabwe: 6.87   2008 Time series
# 15     Tunisia: 6.66   2008 Time series
# 16     Kenya: 6.63   2008 Time series
# 17     New Zealand: 6.62   2008 Time series
# 18     Marshall Islands: 6.61   2008 Time series
# 19     Botswana: 6.58   2008 Time series
# 20     Moldova: 6.53   2008 Time series
# 21     Cyprus: 6.5   2008 Time series
# 22     Maldives: 6.48   2008 Time series
# 23     Sweden: 6.41   2008 Time series
# 24     Barbados: 6.39   2008 Time series
# 25     Swaziland: 6.38   2008 Time series
# 26     Papua New Guinea: 6.28   2008 Time series
= 27     Fiji: 6.03   2008 Time series
= 27     Norway: 6.03   2008 Time series
# 29     Vanuatu: 5.95   2008 Time series
# 30     Israel: 5.91   2008 Time series
# 31     Ukraine: 5.86   2008 Time series
# 32     Seychelles: 5.85   2008 Time series
# 33     Kyrgyzstan: 5.82   2008 Time series
# 34     Belgium: 5.81   2008 Time series
# 35     Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 5.8   2008 Time series
# 36     Guyana: 5.69   2008 Time series
# 37     Finland: 5.64   2008 Time series
# 38     Belize: 5.62   2008 Time series
# 39     Jordan: 5.61   2008 Time series
# 40     Latvia: 5.57   2008 Time series
# 41     Saint Lucia: 5.46   2008 Time series
# 42     Poland: 5.42   2008 Time series
# 43     Hungary: 5.34   2008 Time series
# 44     Slovenia: 5.31   2008 Time series
= 45     Austria: 5.3   2008 Time series
= 45     Portugal: 5.3   2008 Time series
# 47     Jamaica: 5.28   2008 Time series
# 48     Morocco: 5.22   2008 Time series
# 49     Ireland: 5.17   2008 Time series
= 50     South Africa: 5.14   2008 Time series
= 50     Grenada: 5.14   2008 Time series
# 52     Australia: 5.11   2008 Time series
# 53     Burundi: 5.1   2008 Time series
# 54     Kiribati: 5.09   1989 Time series
# 55     United Kingdom: 5.06   2008 Time series
# 56     France: 5.05   2008 Time series
# 57     Costa Rica: 5.04   2008 Time series
# 58     Cape Verde: 5.02   2008 Time series
# 59     Belarus: 4.93   2008 Time series
# 60     Macedonia, Republic of: 4.9   2008 Time series
# 61     Netherlands: 4.85   2008 Time series
= 62     Thailand: 4.79   2008 Time series
= 62     United States: 4.79   2008 Time series
= 64     Canada: 4.78   2008 Time series
# 65     Brazil: 4.77   2008 Time series
# 66     Mexico: 4.75   2008 Time series
# 67     Ghana: 4.74   2008 Time series
# 68     Côte d'Ivoire: 4.67   2008 Time series
# 69     Bolivia: 4.66   2008 Time series
# 70     Switzerland: 4.65   2008 Time series
# 71     Malta: 4.64   2008 Time series
# 72     Iraq: 4.63   1988 Time series
= 73     Rwanda: 4.61   2008 Time series
= 73     Mongolia: 4.61   2008 Time series
= 73     Estonia: 4.61   2008 Time series
# 76     Lithuania: 4.59   2008 Time series
# 77     Argentina: 4.54   2008 Time series
# 78     Italy: 4.52   2008 Time series
# 79     Senegal: 4.49   2008 Time series
# 80     Algeria: 4.47   2008 Time series
# 81     Panama: 4.42   2008 Time series
# 82     Kazakhstan: 4.41   2008 Time series
# 83     Bahrain: 4.36   2008 Time series
# 84     Czech Republic: 4.35   2008 Time series
# 85     Croatia: 4.34   2008 Time series
# 86     Aruba: 4.33   2008 Time series
# 87     Germany: 4.28   2008 Time series
# 88     Comoros: 4.19   2008 Time series
# 89     Saint Kitts and Nevis: 4.08   2008 Time series
# 90     Bulgaria: 4.05   2008 Time series
# 91     Malaysia: 4.04   2008 Time series
# 92     Trinidad and Tobago: 4.01   2008 Time series
# 93     Samoa: 3.98   2008 Time series
# 94     Dominica: 3.91   2008 Time series
= 95     Sierra Leone: 3.9   2008 Time series
= 95     Spain: 3.9   2008 Time series
# 97     Oman: 3.89   2008 Time series
# 98     Paraguay: 3.87   2008 Time series
# 99     Bahamas, The: 3.84   2008 Time series
# 100     Solomon Islands: 3.83   2008 Time series
# 101     São Tomé and Príncipe: 3.82   1986 Time series
# 102     Tonga: 3.77   2008 Time series
# 103     Mozambique: 3.75   2008 Time series
# 104     Luxembourg: 3.72   2008 Time series
= 105     Togo: 3.71   2008 Time series
= 105     Ethiopia: 3.71   2008 Time series
# 107     Slovakia: 3.7   2008 Time series
# 108     Turkey: 3.68   2008 Time series
# 109     Brunei: 3.64   2008 Time series
# 110     Chile: 3.6   2008 Time series
= 111     Mali: 3.58   2008 Time series
= 111     Colombia: 3.58   2008 Time series
# 113     Djibouti: 3.56   2008 Time series
# 114     Honduras: 3.55   2008 Time series
= 115     Dominican Republic: 3.54   2008 Time series
= 115     Russia: 3.54   2008 Time series
# 117     Venezuela: 3.53   2008 Time series
# 118     Malawi: 3.51   2008 Time series
# 119     Suriname: 3.44   2008 Time series
# 120     Mauritius: 3.41   2008 Time series
# 121     Romania: 3.4   2008 Time series
# 122     Nepal: 3.39   2008 Time series
# 123     Bhutan: 3.35   2008 Time series
# 124     El Salvador: 3.31   2008 Time series
# 125     Benin: 3.28   2008 Time series
# 126     Uganda: 3.27   2008 Time series
# 127     Burkina Faso: 3.26   2008 Time series
# 128     Tajikistan: 3.2   2008 Time series
= 129     India: 3.17   2008 Time series
= 129     Japan: 3.17   2008 Time series
# 131     Gabon: 3.06   2008 Time series
# 132     Kuwait: 3.02   2008 Time series
# 133     Nicaragua: 2.96   2008 Time series
# 134     Guatemala: 2.88   2008 Time series
# 135     Albania: 2.84   2008 Time series
# 136     Vietnam: 2.81   2008 Time series
# 137     Georgia: 2.78   2008 Time series
= 138     Greece: 2.75   2008 Time series
= 138     Mauritania: 2.75   2008 Time series
# 140     Singapore: 2.71   2008 Time series
= 141     Niger: 2.65   2008 Time series
= 141     Uruguay: 2.65   2008 Time series
# 143     Madagascar: 2.64   2008 Time series
# 144     Cameroon: 2.62   2008 Time series
# 145     Syria: 2.6   2008 Time series
# 146     Sri Lanka: 2.55   2008 Time series
# 147     Peru: 2.5   2008 Time series
# 148     Tanzania: 2.39   2008 Time series
# 149     Guinea-Bissau: 2.29   2008 Time series
# 150     Angola: 2.27   2008 Time series
# 151     Congo, Republic of the: 2.25   2008 Time series
# 152     Armenia: 2.22   2008 Time series
# 153     Philippines: 2.19   2008 Time series
= 154     Pakistan: 2.14   2008 Time series
= 154     Libya: 2.14   1980 Time series
# 156     Gambia, The: 2.04   2008 Time series
# 157     Azerbaijan: 2.03   2008 Time series
# 158     Guinea: 2   2008 Time series
# 159     Bermuda: 1.98   2008 Time series
# 160     Bangladesh: 1.97   2008 Time series
= 161     Eritrea: 1.92   2008 Time series
= 161     Liberia: 1.92   1975 Time series
# 163     Lebanon: 1.82   2008 Time series
# 164     China: 1.8   2008 Time series
# 165     Cambodia: 1.66   2008 Time series
# 166     Afghanistan: 1.64   1981 Time series
# 167     Antigua and Barbuda: 1.6   2008 Time series
# 168     Haiti: 1.46   2008 Time series
# 169     Ecuador: 1.38   2008 Time series
# 170     Zambia: 1.32   2008 Time series
# 171     Qatar: 1.31   1975 Time series
# 172     Central African Republic: 1.29   2008 Time series
# 173     Laos: 1.18   2008 Time series
# 174     Chad: 1.17   2008 Time series
= 175     Equatorial Guinea: 1.15   2008 Time series
= 175     Indonesia: 1.15   2008 Time series
# 177     Somalia: 1.05   1970 Time series
# 178     Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 0.95   2008 Time series
# 179     East Timor: 0.93   2008 Time series
# 180     Sudan: 0.87   2008 Time series
# 181     Nigeria: 0.85   2008 Time series
# 182     Burma: 0.84   2008 Time series
Weighted average: 4.2  

Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union 4.78   


DEFINITION: Education expenditure refers to the current operating expenditures in education, including wages and salaries and excluding capital investments in buildings and equipment. Expressed as a proportion of GNI."

SOURCE: World Bank staff estimates using data from the United Nations Statistics Division's Statistical Yearbook, and the UNESCO Institute for Statistics online database.

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"Spending > Proportion by country", World Bank staff estimates using data from the United Nations Statistics Division's Statistical Yearbook, and the UNESCO Institute for Statistics online database.. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/edu_spe_pro-education-spending-proportion

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