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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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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."
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Uzbekistan :
9.37
1999
Education in Uzbekistan
# 2
Sweden :
8.04
1999
Education in Sweden
# 3
Denmark :
8.01
1999
Education in Denmark
# 4
Lesotho :
7.59
1999
Education in Lesotho
# 5
Namibia :
7.44
1999
Education in Namibia
# 6
Saudi Arabia :
7.19
1999
Education in Saudi Arabia
# 7
Mongolia :
7.13
1999
Education in Mongolia
# 8
Cuba :
7.09
1999
Education in Cuba
# 9
Israel :
7.04
1999
Education in Israel
# 10
Saint Lucia :
6.87
1999
Education in Saint Lucia
# 11
Zimbabwe :
6.87
1999
Education in Zimbabwe
# 12
New Zealand :
6.85
1999
Education in New Zealand
# 13
Iceland :
6.44
1999
Education in Iceland
# 14
Norway :
6.42
1999
Education in Norway
# 15
Tunisia :
6.39
1999
Education in Tunisia
# 16
Papua New Guinea :
6.28
1999
Education in Papua New Guinea
# 17
Jamaica :
6.19
1999
Education in Jamaica
# 18
South Africa :
6.06
1999
Education in South Africa
# 19
Austria :
5.99
1999
Education in Austria
# 20
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
5.85
1999
Education in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
# 21
Canada :
5.79
1999
Education in Canada
# 22
Finland :
5.77
1999
Education in Finland
# 23
Swaziland :
5.72
1999
Education in Swaziland
# 24
Vanuatu :
5.62
1999
Education in Vanuatu
# 25
Botswana :
5.61
1999
Education in Botswana
# 26
Jordan :
5.61
1999
Education in Jordan
# 27
Latvia :
5.57
1999
Education in Latvia
# 28
Congo, Republic of the :
5.56
1999
Education in Congo, Republic of the
# 29
Estonia :
5.53
1999
Education in Estonia
# 30
Lithuania :
5.51
1999
Education in Lithuania
# 31
Guyana :
5.51
1999
Education in Guyana
# 32
Costa Rica :
5.48
1999
Education in Costa Rica
# 33
Grenada :
5.4
1999
Education in Grenada
# 34
Belarus :
5.39
1999
Education in Belarus
# 35
Slovenia :
5.35
1999
Education in Slovenia
# 36
United Kingdom :
5.33
1999
Education in United Kingdom
# 37
Moldova :
5.25
1999
Education in Moldova
# 38
Seychelles :
5.24
1999
Education in Seychelles
# 39
France :
5.21
1999
Education in France
# 40
Belize :
5.17
1999
Education in Belize
# 41
Kenya :
5.16
1999
Education in Kenya
# 42
Panama :
5.09
1999
Education in Panama
# 43
Australia :
5.03
1999
Education in Australia
# 44
Morocco :
5.01
1999
Education in Morocco
# 45
Kuwait :
5
1999
Education in Kuwait
# 46
Portugal :
4.98
1999
Education in Portugal
# 47
Dominica :
4.96
1999
Education in Dominica
# 48
Macedonia, Republic of :
4.9
1999
Education in Macedonia, Republic of
# 49
Bolivia :
4.89
1999
Education in Bolivia
# 50
Barbados :
4.85
1999
Education in Barbados
# 51
United States :
4.79
1999
Education in United States
# 52
Brunei :
4.76
1999
Education in Brunei
# 53
Cyprus :
4.57
1999
Education in Cyprus
# 54
Fiji :
4.57
1999
Education in Fiji
# 55
Hungary :
4.53
1999
Education in Hungary
# 56
Switzerland :
4.5
1999
Education in Switzerland
# 57
Paraguay :
4.5
1999
Education in Paraguay
# 58
Ireland :
4.48
1999
Education in Ireland
# 59
Algeria :
4.47
1999
Education in Algeria
# 60
Cape Verde :
4.44
1999
Education in Cape Verde
# 61
Italy :
4.44
1999
Education in Italy
# 62
Samoa :
4.44
1999
Education in Samoa
# 63
India :
4.42
1999
Education in India
# 64
Ukraine :
4.41
1999
Education in Ukraine
# 65
Malta :
4.41
1999
Education in Malta
# 66
Netherlands :
4.41
1999
Education in Netherlands
# 67
Kazakhstan :
4.41
1999
Education in Kazakhstan
# 68
Argentina :
4.37
1999
Education in Argentina
# 69
Bahrain :
4.36
1999
Education in Bahrain
# 70
Venezuela :
4.35
1999
Education in Venezuela
# 71
Poland :
4.35
1999
Education in Poland
# 72
Germany :
4.31
1999
Education in Germany
# 73
Mexico :
4.31
1999
Education in Mexico
# 74
Georgia :
4.27
1999
Education in Georgia
# 75
Azerbaijan :
4.22
1999
Education in Azerbaijan
# 76
Comoros :
4.19
1999
Education in Comoros
# 77
Thailand :
4.18
1999
Education in Thailand
# 78
Tonga :
4.18
1999
Education in Tonga
# 79
Côte d'Ivoire :
4.17
1999
Education in Côte d'Ivoire
# 80
Togo :
4.15
1999
Education in Togo
# 81
Croatia :
4.11
1999
Education in Croatia
# 82
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
4.07
1999
Education in Saint Kitts and Nevis
# 83
Slovakia :
4.04
1999
Education in Slovakia
# 84
Spain :
4.02
1999
Education in Spain
# 85
Oman :
3.96
1999
Education in Oman
# 86
Mauritius :
3.86
1999
Education in Mauritius
# 87
Bahamas, The :
3.84
1999
Education in Bahamas, The
# 88
Solomon Islands :
3.83
1999
Education in Solomon Islands
# 89
Brazil :
3.81
1999
Education in Brazil
# 90
Malawi :
3.81
1999
Education in Malawi
# 91
Trinidad and Tobago :
3.76
1999
Education in Trinidad and Tobago
# 92
Malaysia :
3.73
1999
Education in Malaysia
# 93
Luxembourg :
3.72
1999
Education in Luxembourg
# 94
Czech Republic :
3.69
1999
Education in Czech Republic
# 95
Eritrea :
3.68
1999
Education in Eritrea
# 96
Kyrgyzstan :
3.63
1999
Education in Kyrgyzstan
# 97
Philippines :
3.63
1999
Education in Philippines
# 98
Mauritania :
3.61
1999
Education in Mauritania
# 99
Djibouti :
3.56
1999
Education in Djibouti
# 100
Honduras :
3.55
1999
Education in Honduras
# 101
Russia :
3.54
1999
Education in Russia
# 102
Rwanda :
3.54
1999
Education in Rwanda
# 103
Senegal :
3.49
1999
Education in Senegal
# 104
Chile :
3.47
1999
Education in Chile
# 105
Suriname :
3.44
1999
Education in Suriname
# 106
Ethiopia :
3.43
1999
Education in Ethiopia
# 107
Antigua and Barbuda :
3.36
1999
Education in Antigua and Barbuda
# 108
Nicaragua :
3.28
1999
Education in Nicaragua
# 109
Bermuda :
3.26
1999
Education in Bermuda
# 110
Burundi :
3.25
1999
Education in Burundi
# 111
Bhutan :
3.24
1999
Education in Bhutan
# 112
Romania :
3.23
1999
Education in Romania
# 113
Japan :
3.19
1999
Education in Japan
# 114
Bulgaria :
3.13
1999
Education in Bulgaria
# 115
Colombia :
3.1
1999
Education in Colombia
# 116
Gabon :
3.06
1999
Education in Gabon
# 117
Belgium :
3.04
1999
Education in Belgium
# 118
Maldives :
3.01
1999
Education in Maldives
# 119
Peru :
3.01
1999
Education in Peru
# 120
Angola :
3
1999
Education in Angola
# 121
Ghana :
2.85
1999
Education in Ghana
# 122
Albania :
2.84
1999
Education in Albania
# 123
Vietnam :
2.81
1999
Education in Vietnam
# 124
Turkey :
2.81
1999
Education in Turkey
# 125
Mali :
2.72
1999
Education in Mali
# 126
Gambia, The :
2.69
1999
Education in Gambia, The
# 127
Benin :
2.62
1999
Education in Benin
# 128
Syria :
2.6
1999
Education in Syria
# 129
Uruguay :
2.6
1999
Education in Uruguay
# 130
Sri Lanka :
2.55
1999
Education in Sri Lanka
# 131
Singapore :
2.48
1999
Education in Singapore
# 132
Zambia :
2.46
1999
Education in Zambia
# 133
Tanzania :
2.39
1999
Education in Tanzania
# 134
Burkina Faso :
2.38
1999
Education in Burkina Faso
# 135
Pakistan :
2.34
1999
Education in Pakistan
# 136
Niger :
2.32
1999
Education in Niger
# 137
Guinea-Bissau :
2.29
1999
Education in Guinea-Bissau
# 138
El Salvador :
2.28
1999
Education in El Salvador
# 139
Cameroon :
2.22
1999
Education in Cameroon
# 140
Armenia :
2.22
1999
Education in Armenia
# 141
Greece :
2.16
1999
Education in Greece
# 142
Dominican Republic :
2.14
1999
Education in Dominican Republic
# 143
Nepal :
2.13
1999
Education in Nepal
# 144
Lebanon :
2.12
1999
Education in Lebanon
# 145
Guinea :
2
1999
Education in Guinea
# 146
Uganda :
1.94
1999
Education in Uganda
# 147
Tajikistan :
1.92
1999
Education in Tajikistan
# 148
Ecuador :
1.83
1999
Education in Ecuador
# 149
Mozambique :
1.8
1999
Education in Mozambique
# 150
China :
1.8
1999
Education in China
# 151
Equatorial Guinea :
1.69
1999
Education in Equatorial Guinea
# 152
Central African Republic :
1.58
1999
Education in Central African Republic
# 153
Guatemala :
1.57
1999
Education in Guatemala
# 154
Madagascar :
1.52
1999
Education in Madagascar
# 155
Bangladesh :
1.49
1999
Education in Bangladesh
# 156
Haiti :
1.46
1999
Education in Haiti
# 157
Chad :
1.44
1999
Education in Chad
# 158
Laos :
1.37
1999
Education in Laos
# 159
Indonesia :
1.15
1999
Education in Indonesia
# 160
Sierra Leone :
1.01
1999
Education in Sierra Leone
# 161
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
0.95
1999
Education in Congo, Democratic Republic of the
# 162
Sudan :
0.87
1999
Education in Sudan
# 163
Cambodia :
0.87
1999
Education in Cambodia
# 164
Nigeria :
0.85
1999
Education in Nigeria
# 165
Burma :
0.4
1999
Education in Burma
Weighted average:
4.0
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union
4.8
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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