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Public Spending On Education, Total % of gdp by country. Definition, graph and map.
 

Education Statistics > Public spending on education, total > % of GDP (most recent) by country


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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Kiribati: 16.53 %   2002 Time series
# 2   Lesotho: 13.35 %   2005 Time series
# 3   Marshall Islands: 11.83 %   2004 Time series
# 4   Botswana: 10.66 %   2005 Time series
# 5   Palau: 10.28 %   2002 Time series
# 6   Cuba: 9.77 %   2005 Time series
# 7   Yemen: 9.64 %   2001 Time series
# 8   Vanuatu: 9.62 %   2003 Time series
# 9   Uzbekistan: 9.37 %   1991 Time series
# 10   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 9.35 %   2005 Time series
# 11   Guyana: 8.5 %   2005 Time series
# 12   Denmark: 8.39 %   2003 Time series
# 13   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 8.17 %   2005 Time series
# 14   Iceland: 8.13 %   2003 Time series
# 15   Tunisia: 8.11 %   2003 Time series
# 16   Malaysia: 7.95 %   2003 Time series
# 17   Djibouti: 7.86 %   2005 Time series
# 18   Norway: 7.69 %   2003 Time series
# 19   Sweden: 7.53 %   2003 Time series
# 20   Cyprus: 7.37 %   2003 Time series
# 21   Israel: 7.31 %   2003 Time series
# 22   Micronesia, Federated States of: 7.25 %   2000 Time series
# 23   Maldives: 7.14 %   2005 Time series
# 24   Barbados: 6.94 %   2005 Time series
# 25   Namibia: 6.92 %   2003 Time series
# 26   New Zealand: 6.83 %   2004 Time series
= 27   Saudi Arabia: 6.75 %   2004 Time series
= 27   Morocco: 6.75 %   2005 Time series
# 29   Kenya: 6.74 %   2004 Time series
# 30   Cape Verde: 6.61 %   2005 Time series
# 31   Finland: 6.53 %   2003 Time series
# 32   Fiji: 6.42 %   2004 Time series
# 33   Ukraine: 6.39 %   2005 Time series
# 34   Bolivia: 6.37 %   2003 Time series
# 35   Swaziland: 6.23 %   2004 Time series
# 36   Belgium: 6.17 %   2003 Time series
# 37   Switzerland: 6.06 %   2003 Time series
# 38   Slovenia: 6.02 %   2003 Time series
# 39   Sudan: 6.01 %   1991 Time series
# 40   Belarus: 6 %   2005 Time series
= 41   Hungary: 5.94 %   2003 Time series
= 41   Suriname: 5.94 %   1991 Time series
= 43   France: 5.91 %   2003 Time series
= 43   Portugal: 5.91 %   2003 Time series
# 45   United States: 5.85 %   2003 Time series
# 46   Saint Lucia: 5.83 %   2005 Time series
# 47   Malawi: 5.81 %   2003 Time series
# 48   Mexico: 5.79 %   2003 Time series
# 49   Estonia: 5.67 %   2003 Time series
= 50   Poland: 5.62 %   2003 Time series
= 50   Bhutan: 5.62 %   2001 Time series
# 52   Austria: 5.5 %   2003 Time series
# 53   United Kingdom: 5.48 %   2003 Time series
# 54   Ghana: 5.45 %   2005 Time series
# 55   Seychelles: 5.4 %   2004 Time series
# 56   South Africa: 5.39 %   2005 Time series
= 57   Senegal: 5.38 %   2005 Time series
= 57   Eritrea: 5.38 %   2005 Time series
= 59   Mongolia: 5.35 %   2004 Time series
= 59   Belize: 5.35 %   2004 Time series
= 61   Latvia: 5.32 %   2003 Time series
= 61   Netherlands: 5.32 %   2003 Time series
# 63   Guinea-Bissau: 5.25 %   1999 Time series
= 64   Canada: 5.23 %   2002 Time series
= 64   Uganda: 5.23 %   2004 Time series
# 66   Grenada: 5.21 %   2003 Time series
# 67   Lithuania: 5.18 %   2003 Time series
# 68   Aruba: 5.11 %   2005 Time series
= 69   Algeria: 5.1 %   1991 Time series
= 69   Burundi: 5.1 %   2005 Time series
# 71   Kuwait: 5.05 %   2005 Time series
# 72   Ethiopia: 5 %   2005 Time series
# 73   Dominica: 4.99 %   1999 Time series
# 74   Jordan: 4.94 %   1999 Time series
# 75   Costa Rica: 4.92 %   2004 Time series
# 76   Italy: 4.87 %   2003 Time series
# 77   Tonga: 4.81 %   2004 Time series
# 78   Colombia: 4.79 %   2005 Time series
# 79   Australia: 4.76 %   2003 Time series
# 80   Iran: 4.72 %   2005 Time series
# 81   Germany: 4.7 %   2003 Time series
# 82   Burkina Faso: 4.68 %   2005 Time series
# 83   Croatia: 4.66 %   2003 Time series
# 84   Venezuela: 4.65 %   1991 Time series
# 85   Côte d'Ivoire: 4.63 %   2001 Time series
# 86   Korea, South: 4.62 %   2003 Time series
# 87   Zimbabwe: 4.57 %   2000 Time series
# 88   Czech Republic: 4.55 %   2003 Time series
# 89   Ireland: 4.54 %   2003 Time series
= 90   Samoa: 4.47 %   2002 Time series
= 90   Malta: 4.47 %   2002 Time series
# 92   Mauritius: 4.46 %   2005 Time series
= 93   Kyrgyzstan: 4.45 %   2003 Time series
= 93   Jamaica: 4.45 %   2004 Time series
= 93   Monaco: 4.45 %   2004 Time series
# 96   Brunei: 4.39 %   1998 Time series
# 97   Slovakia: 4.38 %   2003 Time series
= 98   Mali: 4.31 %   2005 Time series
= 98   Paraguay: 4.31 %   2003 Time series
# 100   Spain: 4.29 %   2003 Time series
# 101   Moldova: 4.27 %   2005 Time series
# 102   Bulgaria: 4.24 %   2003 Time series
# 103   Thailand: 4.23 %   2004 Time series
# 104   Trinidad and Tobago: 4.22 %   2002 Time series
# 105   Hong Kong: 4.2 %   2005 Time series
# 106   Brazil: 4.15 %   2002 Time series
= 107   Turkey: 4 %   2005 Time series
= 107   Greece: 4 %   2003 Time series
= 109   Bahrain: 3.94 %   1991 Time series
= 109   Turkmenistan: 3.94 %   1991 Time series
# 111   Gabon: 3.93 %   2000 Time series
# 112   Egypt: 3.89 %   1991 Time series
# 113   Comoros: 3.88 %   2002 Time series
# 114   Syria: 3.86 %   1991 Time series
# 115   Antigua and Barbuda: 3.85 %   2002 Time series
= 116   Honduras: 3.8 %   1991 Time series
= 116   Rwanda: 3.8 %   2005 Time series
# 118   Sierra Leone: 3.79 %   2005 Time series
# 119   Panama: 3.78 %   2004 Time series
# 120   Singapore: 3.72 %   2001 Time series
# 121   Chile: 3.7 %   2004 Time series
# 122   Mozambique: 3.69 %   2004 Time series
# 123   India: 3.68 %   2003 Time series
# 124   Russia: 3.67 %   2003 Time series
# 125   Japan: 3.65 %   2003 Time series
= 126   Romania: 3.6 %   2003 Time series
= 126   Bahamas, The: 3.6 %   2000 Time series
= 126   Oman: 3.6 %   2005 Time series
# 129   Luxembourg: 3.56 %   1999 Time series
# 130   Argentina: 3.54 %   2003 Time series
# 131   Tajikistan: 3.49 %   2005 Time series
# 132   Benin: 3.48 %   2005 Time series
# 133   Macedonia, Republic of: 3.39 %   2003 Time series
# 134   Nepal: 3.38 %   2003 Time series
# 135   Serbia and Montenegro: 3.29 %   2000 Time series
# 136   Solomon Islands: 3.27 %   1999 Time series
# 137   Philippines: 3.23 %   2003 Time series
# 138   Madagascar: 3.19 %   2005 Time series
# 139   Armenia: 3.18 %   2001 Time series
# 140   Nicaragua: 3.14 %   2003 Time series
# 141   Sri Lanka: 3.05 %   1998 Time series
# 142   Georgia: 2.91 %   2004 Time series
# 143   Albania: 2.87 %   2002 Time series
# 144   El Salvador: 2.75 %   2005 Time series
# 145   Libya: 2.67 %   1999 Time series
# 146   Togo: 2.63 %   2002 Time series
# 147   Angola: 2.61 %   2001 Time series
# 148   Andorra: 2.59 %   2004 Time series
# 149   Lebanon: 2.56 %   2005 Time series
# 150   Azerbaijan: 2.48 %   2005 Time series
# 151   Bangladesh: 2.47 %   2005 Time series
# 152   Peru: 2.39 %   2005 Time series
# 153   Laos: 2.33 %   2005 Time series
# 154   Kazakhstan: 2.31 %   2005 Time series
= 155   Mauritania: 2.3 %   2005 Time series
= 155   Macau: 2.3 %   2004 Time series
= 155   Niger: 2.3 %   2004 Time series
= 155   Pakistan: 2.3 %   2005 Time series
# 159   Uruguay: 2.23 %   2003 Time series
# 160   Congo, Republic of the: 2.2 %   2005 Time series
# 161   Tanzania: 2.17 %   1999 Time series
# 162   Chad: 2.06 %   2005 Time series
= 163   Guinea: 2.02 %   2005 Time series
= 163   Gambia, The: 2.02 %   2004 Time series
# 165   Zambia: 1.99 %   2005 Time series
# 166   Bermuda: 1.92 %   2004 Time series
# 167   China: 1.91 %   1999 Time series
# 168   Cambodia: 1.88 %   2004 Time series
# 169   Central African Republic: 1.86 %   1998 Time series
# 170   Dominican Republic: 1.83 %   2005 Time series
# 171   Vietnam: 1.8 %   1991 Time series
# 172   Cameroon: 1.77 %   2005 Time series
# 173   Qatar: 1.59 %   2004 Time series
# 174   Haiti: 1.37 %   1991 Time series
# 175   Guatemala: 1.28 %   1991 Time series
# 176   United Arab Emirates: 1.27 %   2005 Time series
# 177   Burma: 1.26 %   2001 Time series
# 178   Indonesia: 0.95 %   2003 Time series
# 179   Nigeria: 0.89 %   1991 Time series
# 180   Equatorial Guinea: 0.61 %   2003 Time series
Weighted average: 4.8 %   



DEFINITION: Public expenditure on education consists of current and capital public expenditure on education plus subsidies to private education at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels.

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database via NationMaster

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