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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
Lesotho :
9.62
2005
Education in Lesotho
# 2
Uzbekistan :
9.37
2005
Education in Uzbekistan
# 3
Botswana :
8.47
2005
Education in Botswana
# 4
Denmark :
7.82
2005
Education in Denmark
# 5
Guyana :
7.66
2005
Education in Guyana
# 6
Namibia :
7.28
2005
Education in Namibia
# 7
Iceland :
7.22
2005
Education in Iceland
# 8
Saudi Arabia :
7.19
2005
Education in Saudi Arabia
# 9
Sweden :
7.16
2005
Education in Sweden
# 10
Cuba :
7.09
2005
Education in Cuba
# 11
New Zealand :
6.98
2005
Education in New Zealand
# 12
Barbados :
6.97
2005
Education in Barbados
# 13
Zimbabwe :
6.87
2005
Education in Zimbabwe
# 14
Tunisia :
6.67
2005
Education in Tunisia
# 15
Marshall Islands :
6.61
2005
Education in Marshall Islands
# 16
Maldives :
6.48
2005
Education in Maldives
# 17
Norway :
6.47
2005
Education in Norway
# 18
Swaziland :
6.38
2005
Education in Swaziland
# 19
Bolivia :
6.33
2005
Education in Bolivia
# 20
Kenya :
6.3
2005
Education in Kenya
# 21
Papua New Guinea :
6.28
2005
Education in Papua New Guinea
# 22
Israel :
6.04
2005
Education in Israel
# 23
Fiji :
6.03
2005
Education in Fiji
# 24
Vanuatu :
5.95
2005
Education in Vanuatu
# 25
Cape Verde :
5.93
2005
Education in Cape Verde
# 26
Finland :
5.88
2005
Education in Finland
# 27
Belgium :
5.84
2005
Education in Belgium
# 28
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
5.8
2005
Education in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
# 29
Cyprus :
5.72
2005
Education in Cyprus
# 30
Morocco :
5.67
2005
Education in Morocco
# 31
Jordan :
5.61
2005
Education in Jordan
# 32
Belarus :
5.58
2005
Education in Belarus
# 33
Latvia :
5.57
2005
Education in Latvia
# 34
Malaysia :
5.51
2005
Education in Malaysia
# 35
Mexico :
5.47
2005
Education in Mexico
# 36
Slovenia :
5.46
2005
Education in Slovenia
# 37
Portugal :
5.44
2005
Education in Portugal
# 38
Jamaica :
5.41
2005
Education in Jamaica
# 39
Hungary :
5.38
2005
Education in Hungary
# 40
Saint Lucia :
5.37
2005
Education in Saint Lucia
# 41
Seychelles :
5.33
2005
Education in Seychelles
# 42
Poland :
5.32
2005
Education in Poland
# 43
Austria :
5.3
2005
Education in Austria
# 44
South Africa :
5.27
2005
Education in South Africa
# 45
Moldova :
5.25
2005
Education in Moldova
# 46
Ireland :
5.15
2005
Education in Ireland
# 47
Grenada :
5.14
2005
Education in Grenada
# 48
France :
5.12
2005
Education in France
# 49
Burundi :
5.1
2005
Education in Burundi
# 50
Belize :
5.09
2005
Education in Belize
# 51
United Kingdom :
5.03
2005
Education in United Kingdom
# 52
Dominica :
4.96
2005
Education in Dominica
# 53
Colombia :
4.93
2005
Education in Colombia
# 54
Macedonia, Republic of :
4.9
2005
Education in Macedonia, Republic of
# 55
Switzerland :
4.85
2005
Education in Switzerland
# 56
Netherlands :
4.85
2005
Education in Netherlands
# 57
Australia :
4.83
2005
Education in Australia
# 58
Thailand :
4.79
2005
Education in Thailand
# 59
United States :
4.79
2005
Education in United States
# 60
Lithuania :
4.78
2005
Education in Lithuania
# 61
Canada :
4.78
2005
Education in Canada
# 62
Kyrgyzstan :
4.76
2005
Education in Kyrgyzstan
# 63
Ghana :
4.74
2005
Education in Ghana
# 64
Côte d'Ivoire :
4.67
2005
Education in Côte d'Ivoire
# 65
Malta :
4.64
2005
Education in Malta
# 66
Estonia :
4.61
2005
Education in Estonia
# 67
Mongolia :
4.51
2005
Education in Mongolia
# 68
Algeria :
4.47
2005
Education in Algeria
# 69
Brazil :
4.44
2005
Education in Brazil
# 70
Germany :
4.43
2005
Education in Germany
# 71
Panama :
4.42
2005
Education in Panama
# 72
Ukraine :
4.41
2005
Education in Ukraine
# 73
Kazakhstan :
4.41
2005
Education in Kazakhstan
# 74
Senegal :
4.37
2005
Education in Senegal
# 75
Bahrain :
4.36
2005
Education in Bahrain
# 76
Venezuela :
4.35
2005
Education in Venezuela
# 77
Croatia :
4.34
2005
Education in Croatia
# 78
Burkina Faso :
4.3
2005
Education in Burkina Faso
# 79
Aruba :
4.29
2005
Education in Aruba
# 80
Bhutan :
4.23
2005
Education in Bhutan
# 81
Comoros :
4.19
2005
Education in Comoros
# 82
Italy :
4.19
2005
Education in Italy
# 83
Mozambique :
4.13
2005
Education in Mozambique
# 84
Bulgaria :
4.11
2005
Education in Bulgaria
# 85
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
4.08
2005
Education in Saint Kitts and Nevis
# 86
Costa Rica :
4.06
2005
Education in Costa Rica
# 87
Czech Republic :
4.02
2005
Education in Czech Republic
# 88
Trinidad and Tobago :
4.01
2005
Education in Trinidad and Tobago
# 89
Uganda :
4
2005
Education in Uganda
# 90
Samoa :
3.98
2005
Education in Samoa
# 91
Argentina :
3.98
2005
Education in Argentina
# 92
Kuwait :
3.96
2005
Education in Kuwait
# 93
Antigua and Barbuda :
3.95
2005
Education in Antigua and Barbuda
# 94
Spain :
3.92
2005
Education in Spain
# 95
Eritrea :
3.91
2005
Education in Eritrea
# 96
Sierra Leone :
3.9
2005
Education in Sierra Leone
# 97
Paraguay :
3.87
2005
Education in Paraguay
# 98
Bahamas, The :
3.84
2005
Education in Bahamas, The
# 99
Solomon Islands :
3.83
2005
Education in Solomon Islands
# 100
Slovakia :
3.81
2005
Education in Slovakia
# 101
Tonga :
3.77
2005
Education in Tonga
# 102
Mauritius :
3.75
2005
Education in Mauritius
# 103
Luxembourg :
3.72
2005
Education in Luxembourg
# 104
Turkey :
3.68
2005
Education in Turkey
# 105
Brunei :
3.64
2005
Education in Brunei
# 106
Benin :
3.63
2005
Education in Benin
# 107
Djibouti :
3.56
2005
Education in Djibouti
# 108
Honduras :
3.55
2005
Education in Honduras
# 109
Russia :
3.54
2005
Education in Russia
# 110
Mali :
3.52
2005
Education in Mali
# 111
Malawi :
3.51
2005
Education in Malawi
# 112
Chile :
3.49
2005
Education in Chile
# 113
Suriname :
3.44
2005
Education in Suriname
# 114
Romania :
3.4
2005
Education in Romania
# 115
Togo :
3.4
2005
Education in Togo
# 116
Oman :
3.26
2005
Education in Oman
# 117
India :
3.23
2005
Education in India
# 118
Tajikistan :
3.2
2005
Education in Tajikistan
# 119
Japan :
3.17
2005
Education in Japan
# 120
Rwanda :
3.14
2005
Education in Rwanda
# 121
Gabon :
3.06
2005
Education in Gabon
# 122
Angola :
2.96
2005
Education in Angola
# 123
Nicaragua :
2.96
2005
Education in Nicaragua
# 124
Cameroon :
2.89
2005
Education in Cameroon
# 125
Albania :
2.84
2005
Education in Albania
# 126
Vietnam :
2.81
2005
Education in Vietnam
# 127
Georgia :
2.78
2005
Education in Georgia
# 128
El Salvador :
2.78
2005
Education in El Salvador
# 129
Greece :
2.75
2005
Education in Greece
# 130
Madagascar :
2.74
2005
Education in Madagascar
# 131
Peru :
2.71
2005
Education in Peru
# 132
Singapore :
2.7
2005
Education in Singapore
# 133
Uruguay :
2.65
2005
Education in Uruguay
# 134
Azerbaijan :
2.62
2005
Education in Azerbaijan
# 135
Syria :
2.6
2005
Education in Syria
# 136
Sri Lanka :
2.55
2005
Education in Sri Lanka
# 137
Lebanon :
2.47
2005
Education in Lebanon
# 138
Nepal :
2.4
2005
Education in Nepal
# 139
Tanzania :
2.39
2005
Education in Tanzania
# 140
Ethiopia :
2.35
2005
Education in Ethiopia
# 141
Niger :
2.32
2005
Education in Niger
# 142
Guinea-Bissau :
2.29
2005
Education in Guinea-Bissau
# 143
Congo, Republic of the :
2.25
2005
Education in Congo, Republic of the
# 144
Mauritania :
2.24
2005
Education in Mauritania
# 145
Armenia :
2.22
2005
Education in Armenia
# 146
Philippines :
2.19
2005
Education in Philippines
# 147
Dominican Republic :
2.19
2005
Education in Dominican Republic
# 148
Zambia :
2.13
2005
Education in Zambia
# 149
Gambia, The :
2.04
2005
Education in Gambia, The
# 150
Guinea :
2
2005
Education in Guinea
# 151
Bermuda :
1.98
2005
Education in Bermuda
# 152
China :
1.8
2005
Education in China
# 153
Pakistan :
1.71
2005
Education in Pakistan
# 154
Cambodia :
1.7
2005
Education in Cambodia
# 155
Bangladesh :
1.69
2005
Education in Bangladesh
# 156
Central African Republic :
1.58
2005
Education in Central African Republic
# 157
Guatemala :
1.57
2005
Education in Guatemala
# 158
Haiti :
1.46
2005
Education in Haiti
# 159
Ecuador :
1.38
2005
Education in Ecuador
# 160
Chad :
1.17
2005
Education in Chad
# 161
Indonesia :
1.15
2005
Education in Indonesia
# 162
Equatorial Guinea :
1.15
2005
Education in Equatorial Guinea
# 163
Laos :
1.08
2005
Education in Laos
# 164
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
0.95
2005
Education in Congo, Democratic Republic of the
# 165
Sudan :
0.87
2005
Education in Sudan
# 166
Nigeria :
0.85
2005
Education in Nigeria
# 167
Burma :
0.84
2005
Education in Burma
Weighted average:
4.2
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union
4.81
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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