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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."
Education Statistics > Spending > Proportion (2002) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
9.64
2002
Education in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
# 2
Uzbekistan :
9.37
2002
Education in Uzbekistan
# 3
Sweden :
8.04
2002
Education in Sweden
# 4
Denmark :
7.99
2002
Education in Denmark
# 5
Guyana :
7.68
2002
Education in Guyana
# 6
Mongolia :
7.55
2002
Education in Mongolia
# 7
Namibia :
7.28
2002
Education in Namibia
# 8
Saudi Arabia :
7.19
2002
Education in Saudi Arabia
# 9
Cuba :
7.09
2002
Education in Cuba
# 10
Lesotho :
7.08
2002
Education in Lesotho
# 11
Swaziland :
7.02
2002
Education in Swaziland
# 12
Israel :
7.01
2002
Education in Israel
# 13
New Zealand :
7
2002
Education in New Zealand
# 14
Norway :
6.99
2002
Education in Norway
# 15
Saint Lucia :
6.87
2002
Education in Saint Lucia
# 16
Zimbabwe :
6.87
2002
Education in Zimbabwe
# 17
Marshall Islands :
6.61
2002
Education in Marshall Islands
# 18
Barbados :
6.59
2002
Education in Barbados
# 19
Iceland :
6.51
2002
Education in Iceland
# 20
Papua New Guinea :
6.28
2002
Education in Papua New Guinea
# 21
Bolivia :
6.19
2002
Education in Bolivia
# 22
Vanuatu :
5.95
2002
Education in Vanuatu
# 23
Tunisia :
5.89
2002
Education in Tunisia
# 24
Kenya :
5.8
2002
Education in Kenya
# 25
Jamaica :
5.79
2002
Education in Jamaica
# 26
Finland :
5.72
2002
Education in Finland
# 27
Lithuania :
5.68
2002
Education in Lithuania
# 28
Botswana :
5.61
2002
Education in Botswana
# 29
Jordan :
5.61
2002
Education in Jordan
# 30
Latvia :
5.57
2002
Education in Latvia
# 31
Cyprus :
5.52
2002
Education in Cyprus
# 32
Austria :
5.52
2002
Education in Austria
# 33
Morocco :
5.48
2002
Education in Morocco
# 34
Portugal :
5.43
2002
Education in Portugal
# 35
Grenada :
5.4
2002
Education in Grenada
# 36
Belarus :
5.39
2002
Education in Belarus
# 37
Kuwait :
5.37
2002
Education in Kuwait
# 38
Slovenia :
5.35
2002
Education in Slovenia
# 39
United Kingdom :
5.33
2002
Education in United Kingdom
# 40
Mexico :
5.26
2002
Education in Mexico
# 41
Seychelles :
5.26
2002
Education in Seychelles
# 42
South Africa :
5.26
2002
Education in South Africa
# 43
Moldova :
5.25
2002
Education in Moldova
# 44
Canada :
5.16
2002
Education in Canada
# 45
Poland :
5.13
2002
Education in Poland
# 46
Malaysia :
5.12
2002
Education in Malaysia
# 47
Switzerland :
5.09
2002
Education in Switzerland
# 48
France :
5.07
2002
Education in France
# 49
Belize :
5.03
2002
Education in Belize
# 50
Hungary :
4.99
2002
Education in Hungary
# 51
Cape Verde :
4.98
2002
Education in Cape Verde
# 52
Dominica :
4.96
2002
Education in Dominica
# 53
Estonia :
4.94
2002
Education in Estonia
# 54
Macedonia, Republic of :
4.9
2002
Education in Macedonia, Republic of
# 55
Australia :
4.9
2002
Education in Australia
# 56
United States :
4.79
2002
Education in United States
# 57
Thailand :
4.79
2002
Education in Thailand
# 58
Côte d'Ivoire :
4.67
2002
Education in Côte d'Ivoire
# 59
Ireland :
4.65
2002
Education in Ireland
# 60
Paraguay :
4.61
2002
Education in Paraguay
# 61
Fiji :
4.57
2002
Education in Fiji
# 62
Sierra Leone :
4.57
2002
Education in Sierra Leone
# 63
Netherlands :
4.55
2002
Education in Netherlands
# 64
Algeria :
4.47
2002
Education in Algeria
# 65
Panama :
4.42
2002
Education in Panama
# 66
India :
4.42
2002
Education in India
# 67
Kazakhstan :
4.41
2002
Education in Kazakhstan
# 68
Ukraine :
4.41
2002
Education in Ukraine
# 69
Kyrgyzstan :
4.4
2002
Education in Kyrgyzstan
# 70
Bahrain :
4.36
2002
Education in Bahrain
# 71
Venezuela :
4.35
2002
Education in Venezuela
# 72
Italy :
4.35
2002
Education in Italy
# 73
Germany :
4.31
2002
Education in Germany
# 74
Argentina :
4.31
2002
Education in Argentina
# 75
Georgia :
4.27
2002
Education in Georgia
# 76
Costa Rica :
4.22
2002
Education in Costa Rica
# 77
Comoros :
4.19
2002
Education in Comoros
# 78
Malta :
4.15
2002
Education in Malta
# 79
Slovakia :
4.13
2002
Education in Slovakia
# 80
Croatia :
4.11
2002
Education in Croatia
# 81
Czech Republic :
4.07
2002
Education in Czech Republic
# 82
Trinidad and Tobago :
4.01
2002
Education in Trinidad and Tobago
# 83
Samoa :
3.98
2002
Education in Samoa
# 84
Antigua and Barbuda :
3.95
2002
Education in Antigua and Barbuda
# 85
Spain :
3.94
2002
Education in Spain
# 86
Chile :
3.89
2002
Education in Chile
# 87
Bahamas, The :
3.84
2002
Education in Bahamas, The
# 88
Oman :
3.84
2002
Education in Oman
# 89
Solomon Islands :
3.83
2002
Education in Solomon Islands
# 90
Malawi :
3.81
2002
Education in Malawi
# 91
Bhutan :
3.8
2002
Education in Bhutan
# 92
Congo, Republic of the :
3.78
2002
Education in Congo, Republic of the
# 93
Tonga :
3.77
2002
Education in Tonga
# 94
Luxembourg :
3.72
2002
Education in Luxembourg
# 95
Brazil :
3.71
2002
Education in Brazil
# 96
Eritrea :
3.68
2002
Education in Eritrea
# 97
Burundi :
3.67
2002
Education in Burundi
# 98
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
3.66
2002
Education in Saint Kitts and Nevis
# 99
Brunei :
3.64
2002
Education in Brunei
# 100
Djibouti :
3.56
2002
Education in Djibouti
# 101
Honduras :
3.55
2002
Education in Honduras
# 102
Russia :
3.54
2002
Education in Russia
# 103
Rwanda :
3.54
2002
Education in Rwanda
# 104
Turkey :
3.49
2002
Education in Turkey
# 105
Suriname :
3.44
2002
Education in Suriname
# 106
Bulgaria :
3.34
2002
Education in Bulgaria
# 107
Azerbaijan :
3.29
2002
Education in Azerbaijan
# 108
Bermuda :
3.26
2002
Education in Bermuda
# 109
Romania :
3.23
2002
Education in Romania
# 110
Senegal :
3.18
2002
Education in Senegal
# 111
Japan :
3.17
2002
Education in Japan
# 112
Colombia :
3.1
2002
Education in Colombia
# 113
Gabon :
3.06
2002
Education in Gabon
# 114
Belgium :
3.04
2002
Education in Belgium
# 115
Mauritius :
3.04
2002
Education in Mauritius
# 116
Benin :
3.03
2002
Education in Benin
# 117
Maldives :
3.01
2002
Education in Maldives
# 118
Nicaragua :
2.96
2002
Education in Nicaragua
# 119
Angola :
2.96
2002
Education in Angola
# 120
Mali :
2.92
2002
Education in Mali
# 121
Philippines :
2.89
2002
Education in Philippines
# 122
Peru :
2.87
2002
Education in Peru
# 123
Ghana :
2.85
2002
Education in Ghana
# 124
Albania :
2.84
2002
Education in Albania
# 125
Mauritania :
2.81
2002
Education in Mauritania
# 126
Vietnam :
2.81
2002
Education in Vietnam
# 127
El Salvador :
2.8
2002
Education in El Salvador
# 128
Tajikistan :
2.79
2002
Education in Tajikistan
# 129
Cameroon :
2.72
2002
Education in Cameroon
# 130
Singapore :
2.7
2002
Education in Singapore
# 131
Uruguay :
2.65
2002
Education in Uruguay
# 132
Syria :
2.6
2002
Education in Syria
# 133
Lebanon :
2.59
2002
Education in Lebanon
# 134
Gambia, The :
2.57
2002
Education in Gambia, The
# 135
Sri Lanka :
2.55
2002
Education in Sri Lanka
# 136
Togo :
2.54
2002
Education in Togo
# 137
Zambia :
2.46
2002
Education in Zambia
# 138
Greece :
2.44
2002
Education in Greece
# 139
Tanzania :
2.39
2002
Education in Tanzania
# 140
Burkina Faso :
2.38
2002
Education in Burkina Faso
# 141
Ethiopia :
2.35
2002
Education in Ethiopia
# 142
Nepal :
2.35
2002
Education in Nepal
# 143
Pakistan :
2.34
2002
Education in Pakistan
# 144
Niger :
2.32
2002
Education in Niger
# 145
Guinea-Bissau :
2.29
2002
Education in Guinea-Bissau
# 146
Armenia :
2.22
2002
Education in Armenia
# 147
Dominican Republic :
2.19
2002
Education in Dominican Republic
# 148
Madagascar :
2.07
2002
Education in Madagascar
# 149
Guinea :
2
2002
Education in Guinea
# 150
Uganda :
1.94
2002
Education in Uganda
# 151
Mozambique :
1.8
2002
Education in Mozambique
# 152
China :
1.8
2002
Education in China
# 153
Cambodia :
1.7
2002
Education in Cambodia
# 154
Central African Republic :
1.58
2002
Education in Central African Republic
# 155
Guatemala :
1.57
2002
Education in Guatemala
# 156
Haiti :
1.46
2002
Education in Haiti
# 157
Chad :
1.44
2002
Education in Chad
# 158
Bangladesh :
1.43
2002
Education in Bangladesh
# 159
Ecuador :
1.38
2002
Education in Ecuador
# 160
Indonesia :
1.15
2002
Education in Indonesia
# 161
Laos :
1.13
2002
Education in Laos
# 162
Equatorial Guinea :
0.99
2002
Education in Equatorial Guinea
# 163
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
0.95
2002
Education in Congo, Democratic Republic of the
# 164
Sudan :
0.87
2002
Education in Sudan
# 165
Nigeria :
0.85
2002
Education in Nigeria
# 166
Burma :
0.84
2002
Education in Burma
Weighted average:
4.1
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union
4.79
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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