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Public Spending On Education, Total % of government expenditure (most recent) by country
 

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


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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Yemen: 32.78 %   2000 Time series
# 2   Lesotho: 29.82 %   2005 Time series
# 3   Kenya: 29.19 %   2004 Time series
# 4   Malaysia: 28.02 %   2003 Time series
# 5   Saudi Arabia: 27.57 %   2004 Time series
# 6   Thailand: 27.53 %   2004 Time series
# 7   United Arab Emirates: 27.43 %   2005 Time series
# 8   Djibouti: 27.32 %   2005 Time series
# 9   Morocco: 27.23 %   2005 Time series
# 10   Vanuatu: 26.71 %   2001 Time series
# 11   Guinea: 25.62 %   2000 Time series
# 12   Cape Verde: 25.44 %   2005 Time series
# 13   Madagascar: 25.3 %   2005 Time series
# 14   Malawi: 24.58 %   1999 Time series
# 15   Oman: 24.23 %   2005 Time series
# 16   Comoros: 24.12 %   2002 Time series
# 17   Mexico: 23.82 %   2003 Time series
# 18   Hong Kong: 22.99 %   2005 Time series
# 19   Iran: 22.85 %   2005 Time series
# 20   Mongolia: 22.71 %   1991 Time series
# 21   Algeria: 22.05 %   1991 Time series
# 22   Côte d'Ivoire: 21.6 %   2005 Time series
# 23   Botswana: 21.55 %   2005 Time series
# 24   Moldova: 21.15 %   2005 Time series
# 25   Namibia: 21.04 %   2000 Time series
# 26   New Zealand: 20.92 %   2003 Time series
# 27   Jordan: 20.6 %   1999 Time series
# 28   Fiji: 20.04 %   2002 Time series
# 29   Haiti: 20.01 %   1991 Time series
# 30   El Salvador: 20 %   2002 Time series
# 31   Bahamas, The: 19.67 %   2000 Time series
# 32   Turkmenistan: 19.65 %   1991 Time series
# 33   Azerbaijan: 19.58 %   2005 Time series
# 34   Swaziland: 19.51 %   1991 Time series
# 35   Mozambique: 19.47 %   2004 Time series
# 36   Ethiopia: 19.4 %   2005 Time series
# 37   Senegal: 18.93 %   2005 Time series
# 38   Ukraine: 18.9 %   2005 Time series
# 39   Kyrgyzstan: 18.65 %   2001 Time series
# 40   Niger: 18.58 %   1991 Time series
# 41   Costa Rica: 18.53 %   2004 Time series
# 42   Chile: 18.47 %   2004 Time series
# 43   Uganda: 18.29 %   2004 Time series
# 44   Singapore: 18.22 %   1991 Time series
# 45   Tunisia: 18.2 %   2001 Time series
= 46   Belize: 18.12 %   2003 Time series
= 46   Burma: 18.12 %   2001 Time series
# 48   Bolivia: 18.06 %   2003 Time series
# 49   Tajikistan: 18.04 %   2005 Time series
# 50   South Africa: 17.85 %   2005 Time series
# 51   Uzbekistan: 17.81 %   1991 Time series
# 52   Burundi: 17.73 %   2005 Time series
# 53   Philippines: 17.22 %   2003 Time series
# 54   Venezuela: 17.04 %   1991 Time series
# 55   Bermuda: 17 %   1998 Time series
# 56   Iceland: 16.95 %   2003 Time series
# 57   Saint Lucia: 16.91 %   2005 Time series
# 58   Burkina Faso: 16.64 %   2005 Time series
# 59   Cuba: 16.58 %   2005 Time series
# 60   Macedonia, Republic of: 16.42 %   2003 Time series
# 61   Barbados: 16.4 %   2005 Time series
# 62   Cyprus: 16.23 %   2003 Time series
# 63   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 16.09 %   2005 Time series
# 64   Marshall Islands: 15.76 %   2003 Time series
# 65   Norway: 15.73 %   2003 Time series
# 66   Lithuania: 15.66 %   2003 Time series
# 67   Estonia: 15.44 %   2003 Time series
# 68   Aruba: 15.43 %   2005 Time series
# 69   Latvia: 15.37 %   2003 Time series
# 70   United States: 15.25 %   2003 Time series
# 71   Denmark: 15.08 %   2003 Time series
= 72   Nicaragua: 15 %   2002 Time series
= 72   Maldives: 15 %   2005 Time series
# 74   Korea, South: 14.98 %   2003 Time series
# 75   Nepal: 14.89 %   2003 Time series
# 76   Mali: 14.83 %   2005 Time series
# 77   Zambia: 14.8 %   2004 Time series
# 78   Cambodia: 14.65 %   2000 Time series
# 79   Guyana: 14.53 %   2005 Time series
# 80   Mauritius: 14.26 %   2005 Time series
# 81   Bangladesh: 14.24 %   2005 Time series
# 82   Syria: 14.2 %   1991 Time series
# 83   Benin: 14.14 %   2005 Time series
# 84   Macau: 14.03 %   2004 Time series
# 85   Peru: 13.7 %   2005 Time series
# 86   Israel: 13.69 %   2003 Time series
# 87   Samoa: 13.67 %   2002 Time series
# 88   Turkey: 13.6 %   2005 Time series
# 89   Togo: 13.55 %   2002 Time series
# 90   Tonga: 13.5 %   2003 Time series
# 91   Trinidad and Tobago: 13.4 %   2001 Time series
# 92   Australia: 13.32 %   2000 Time series
# 93   Ireland: 13.15 %   2003 Time series
# 94   Georgia: 13.14 %   2004 Time series
# 95   Guatemala: 13.02 %   1991 Time series
# 96   China: 12.97 %   1999 Time series
# 97   Switzerland: 12.96 %   2003 Time series
= 98   Grenada: 12.86 %   2003 Time series
= 98   Bhutan: 12.86 %   2001 Time series
# 100   Sweden: 12.83 %   2003 Time series
# 101   Finland: 12.82 %   2003 Time series
= 102   Bahrain: 12.8 %   1991 Time series
= 102   Netherlands Antilles: 12.8 %   2001 Time series
# 104   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 12.71 %   2003 Time series
# 105   Kuwait: 12.7 %   2005 Time series
# 106   Slovenia: 12.56 %   2003 Time series
# 107   Canada: 12.46 %   2001 Time series
# 108   Portugal: 12.41 %   2003 Time series
# 109   Poland: 12.29 %   2002 Time series
= 110   Russia: 12.25 %   2003 Time series
= 110   Rwanda: 12.25 %   2005 Time series
# 112   Kazakhstan: 12.09 %   2000 Time series
# 113   Argentina: 12.02 %   2003 Time series
# 114   United Kingdom: 11.93 %   2003 Time series
# 115   Guinea-Bissau: 11.86 %   1999 Time series
# 116   Belgium: 11.85 %   2003 Time series
# 117   Laos: 11.71 %   2005 Time series
# 118   Tanzania: 11.37 %   1991 Time series
# 119   Belarus: 11.33 %   2005 Time series
# 120   Spain: 11.19 %   2003 Time series
# 121   Slovakia: 11.18 %   2003 Time series
# 122   Colombia: 11.06 %   2005 Time series
# 123   France: 11.03 %   2003 Time series
# 124   Lebanon: 10.99 %   2005 Time series
# 125   Pakistan: 10.94 %   2005 Time series
# 126   Brazil: 10.86 %   2002 Time series
# 127   Austria: 10.83 %   2003 Time series
# 128   Netherlands: 10.78 %   2003 Time series
# 129   Paraguay: 10.75 %   2003 Time series
# 130   India: 10.74 %   2003 Time series
# 131   Seychelles: 10.7 %   1998 Time series
# 132   Japan: 10.68 %   2003 Time series
# 133   Hungary: 10.25 %   2002 Time series
# 134   Chad: 10.12 %   2005 Time series
# 135   Malta: 10.09 %   2002 Time series
# 136   Croatia: 9.99 %   2002 Time series
# 137   Vietnam: 9.73 %   1991 Time series
# 138   Germany: 9.72 %   2003 Time series
# 139   Dominican Republic: 9.7 %   2005 Time series
# 140   Gabon: 9.61 %   1998 Time series
# 141   Jamaica: 9.54 %   2003 Time series
# 142   Italy: 9.5 %   2003 Time series
# 143   Brunei: 9.14 %   2000 Time series
# 144   Indonesia: 9.03 %   2002 Time series
= 145   Gambia, The: 8.95 %   2002 Time series
= 145   Panama: 8.95 %   2004 Time series
# 147   Cameroon: 8.57 %   2005 Time series
# 148   Czech Republic: 8.51 %   2003 Time series
# 149   Luxembourg: 8.5 %   1999 Time series
# 150   Albania: 8.43 %   2002 Time series
# 151   Sri Lanka: 8.41 %   1991 Time series
# 152   Mauritania: 8.31 %   2005 Time series
# 153   Congo, Republic of the: 8.09 %   2005 Time series
# 154   Ecuador: 8.01 %   2000 Time series
# 155   Greece: 7.98 %   2003 Time series
# 156   Solomon Islands: 7.94 %   1991 Time series
# 157   Uruguay: 7.86 %   2003 Time series
# 158   Angola: 6.35 %   1999 Time series
# 159   Monaco: 5.07 %   1999 Time series
# 160   Equatorial Guinea: 4.01 %   2003 Time series
# 161   Sudan: 2.75 %   1991 Time series
Weighted average: 15.3 %   



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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