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Education Statistics > Spending > Proportion (1997) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1     Uzbekistan: 9.37   1997 Time series
# 2     Namibia: 8.47   1997 Time series
# 3     Sweden: 8.04   1997 Time series
# 4     Denmark: 7.76   1997 Time series
# 5     South Africa: 7.55   1997 Time series
# 6     Saudi Arabia: 7.19   1997 Time series
# 7     Saint Lucia: 7.09   1997 Time series
# 8     Finland: 6.97   1997 Time series
# 9     Canada: 6.91   1997 Time series
# 10     Moldova: 6.88   1997 Time series
# 11     Zimbabwe: 6.87   1997 Time series
# 12     New Zealand: 6.86   1997 Time series
# 13     Lesotho: 6.85   1997 Time series
# 14     Israel: 6.83   1997 Time series
# 15     Barbados: 6.75   1997 Time series
# 16     Tunisia: 6.63   1997 Time series
# 17     Norway: 6.48   1997 Time series
# 18     Ukraine: 6.36   1997 Time series
# 19     Estonia: 6.34   1997 Time series
# 20     Seychelles: 6.34   1997 Time series
# 21     Papua New Guinea: 6.28   1997 Time series
# 22     Poland: 6.26   1997 Time series
# 23     Cuba: 6.1   1997 Time series
# 24     Maldives: 6.1   1997 Time series
# 25     Kenya: 6.05   1997 Time series
# 26     Congo, Republic of the: 5.95   1997 Time series
# 27     Jamaica: 5.9   1997 Time series
# 28     Mongolia: 5.67   1997 Time series
# 29     Ireland: 5.66   1997 Time series
# 30     Botswana: 5.61   1997 Time series
# 31     Jordan: 5.61   1997 Time series
# 32     Latvia: 5.57   1997 Time series
# 33     Portugal: 5.54   1997 Time series
# 34     Vanuatu: 5.48   1997 Time series
# 35     Grenada: 5.4   1997 Time series
# 36     Belarus: 5.39   1997 Time series
# 37     France: 5.36   1997 Time series
# 38     Slovenia: 5.35   1997 Time series
# 39     United Kingdom: 5.33   1997 Time series
# 40     Austria: 5.29   1997 Time series
# 41     Belize: 5.23   1997 Time series
# 42     Lithuania: 5.18   1997 Time series
# 43     Swaziland: 5.09   1997 Time series
# 44     Costa Rica: 5.01   1997 Time series
# 45     Kuwait: 5   1997 Time series
# 46     Dominica: 4.98   1997 Time series
# 47     Mexico: 4.97   1997 Time series
# 48     Iceland: 4.97   1997 Time series
# 49     Switzerland: 4.92   1997 Time series
# 50     Macedonia, Republic of: 4.9   1997 Time series
# 51     Malta: 4.9   1997 Time series
# 52     Netherlands: 4.87   1997 Time series
# 53     Australia: 4.87   1997 Time series
# 54     Morocco: 4.85   1997 Time series
# 55     Bolivia: 4.81   1997 Time series
# 56     United States: 4.79   1997 Time series
# 57     Panama: 4.75   1997 Time series
# 58     Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 4.72   1997 Time series
# 59     Tonga: 4.67   1997 Time series
# 60     Cyprus: 4.64   1997 Time series
# 61     Hungary: 4.58   1997 Time series
# 62     Fiji: 4.57   1997 Time series
# 63     Côte d'Ivoire: 4.54   1997 Time series
# 64     Italy: 4.54   1997 Time series
# 65     Algeria: 4.47   1997 Time series
# 66     Spain: 4.43   1997 Time series
# 67     Angola: 4.42   1997 Time series
# 68     Malawi: 4.42   1997 Time series
# 69     Kazakhstan: 4.41   1997 Time series
# 70     Bahrain: 4.36   1997 Time series
# 71     Venezuela: 4.35   1997 Time series
# 72     Germany: 4.3   1997 Time series
# 73     Slovakia: 4.29   1997 Time series
# 74     Georgia: 4.27   1997 Time series
# 75     Brazil: 4.23   1997 Time series
# 76     Togo: 4.19   1997 Time series
# 77     Comoros: 4.19   1997 Time series
# 78     Czech Republic: 4.18   1997 Time series
# 79     Kyrgyzstan: 4.13   1997 Time series
# 80     Croatia: 4.11   1997 Time series
# 81     Malaysia: 4.1   1997 Time series
# 82     Ethiopia: 3.98   1997 Time series
# 83     Burundi: 3.98   1997 Time series
# 84     Samoa: 3.95   1997 Time series
# 85     Paraguay: 3.94   1997 Time series
# 86     Trinidad and Tobago: 3.93   1997 Time series
# 87     Cape Verde: 3.9   1997 Time series
# 88     Saint Kitts and Nevis: 3.87   1997 Time series
# 89     Oman: 3.85   1997 Time series
# 90     Bahamas, The: 3.84   1997 Time series
# 91     Solomon Islands: 3.83   1997 Time series
# 92     Mozambique: 3.82   1997 Time series
# 93     Luxembourg: 3.72   1997 Time series
# 94     Senegal: 3.7   1997 Time series
# 95     Mauritania: 3.7   1997 Time series
# 96     Antigua and Barbuda: 3.69   1997 Time series
# 97     Nicaragua: 3.65   1997 Time series
# 98     Thailand: 3.62   1997 Time series
# 99     Romania: 3.61   1997 Time series
# 100     Djibouti: 3.56   1997 Time series
# 101     India: 3.55   1997 Time series
# 102     Honduras: 3.55   1997 Time series
# 103     Rwanda: 3.54   1997 Time series
# 104     Russia: 3.54   1997 Time series
# 105     Suriname: 3.44   1997 Time series
# 106     Chile: 3.41   1997 Time series
# 107     Gambia, The: 3.37   1997 Time series
# 108     Guyana: 3.34   1997 Time series
# 109     Bermuda: 3.26   1997 Time series
# 110     Mauritius: 3.25   1997 Time series
# 111     Japan: 3.24   1997 Time series
# 112     Nepal: 3.18   1997 Time series
# 113     Argentina: 3.18   1997 Time series
# 114     Ecuador: 3.17   1997 Time series
# 115     Greece: 3.11   1997 Time series
# 116     Colombia: 3.1   1997 Time series
# 117     Belgium: 3.04   1997 Time series
# 118     Bulgaria: 3.04   1997 Time series
# 119     Azerbaijan: 3.02   1997 Time series
# 120     Brunei: 2.91   1997 Time series
# 121     Philippines: 2.91   1997 Time series
# 122     Sri Lanka: 2.86   1997 Time series
# 123     Uruguay: 2.86   1997 Time series
# 124     Ghana: 2.85   1997 Time series
# 125     Albania: 2.84   1997 Time series
# 126     Vietnam: 2.81   1997 Time series
# 127     Benin: 2.71   1997 Time series
# 128     Gabon: 2.67   1997 Time series
# 129     Turkey: 2.66   1997 Time series
# 130     Syria: 2.6   1997 Time series
# 131     Peru: 2.6   1997 Time series
# 132     Lebanon: 2.52   1997 Time series
# 133     Tanzania: 2.39   1997 Time series
# 134     Sierra Leone: 2.38   1997 Time series
# 135     Burkina Faso: 2.38   1997 Time series
# 136     Bhutan: 2.37   1997 Time series
# 137     Niger: 2.32   1997 Time series
# 138     Pakistan: 2.31   1997 Time series
# 139     Cameroon: 2.3   1997 Time series
# 140     El Salvador: 2.28   1997 Time series
# 141     Singapore: 2.26   1997 Time series
# 142     Mali: 2.14   1997 Time series
# 143     Guinea-Bissau: 2.13   1997 Time series
# 144     Tajikistan: 2.04   1997 Time series
# 145     China: 2.04   1997 Time series
# 146     Zambia: 2.02   1997 Time series
# 147     Guinea: 2   1997 Time series
# 148     Dominican Republic: 1.98   1997 Time series
# 149     Uganda: 1.94   1997 Time series
# 150     Madagascar: 1.91   1997 Time series
# 151     Armenia: 1.84   1997 Time series
# 152     Laos: 1.83   1997 Time series
# 153     Central African Republic: 1.58   1997 Time series
# 154     Guatemala: 1.57   1997 Time series
# 155     Haiti: 1.46   1997 Time series
# 156     Chad: 1.44   1997 Time series
# 157     Eritrea: 1.36   1997 Time series
# 158     Bangladesh: 1.31   1997 Time series
# 159     Indonesia: 1.01   1997 Time series
# 160     Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 0.95   1997 Time series
# 161     Burma: 0.94   1997 Time series
# 162     Sudan: 0.87   1997 Time series
# 163     Nigeria: 0.85   1997 Time series
Weighted average: 4.1  

Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union 4.94   


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 (1997) 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&date=1997

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