Public Spending Per Student primary level (most recent) by country

DEFINITION
Public expenditure per student, primary level is the total reported current spending by the government on primary education, divided by the total number of pupils in primary education, expressed as a percentage of per capita GDP.

Education Statistics > Public spending per student > Primary level (most recent) by country

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Rank

Countries

Amount

# 1

Lithuania:

61.4

# 2

Belarus:

45.8

# 3

Sudan:

45.6

# 4

Ukraine:

42.4

# 5

Djibouti:

35.8

# 6

Cuba:

34.7

# 7

Ethiopia:

33.6

# 8

Norway:

29.2

# 9

Lesotho:

# 10

Poland:

26.5

# 11

Austria:

25.1

# 12

Azerbaijan:

24.8

# 13

Estonia:

24.5

= 14

Kuwait:

23.6

= 14

Latvia:

23.6

# 16

Sweden:

23.5

# 17

Denmark:

23.4

# 18

Switzerland:

23.2

# 19

Barbados:

22.9

# 20

Niger:

22.3

# 21

Burkina Faso:

22.2

# 22

Japan:

21.3

= 23

Israel:

21.2

= 23

Italy:

21.2

# 25

Namibia:

20.7

# 26

Slovenia:

20.6

= 27

Morocco:

20.5

= 27

Portugal:

20.5

= 27

Nicaragua:

20.5

= 30

New Zealand:

19.9

= 30

Romania:

19.9

# 32

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:

19.1

# 33

Spain:

18.8

# 34

Cyprus:

18.3

# 35

France:

# 36

United States:

17.9

# 37

Germany:

17.8

# 38

Hungary:

17.7

= 39

Aruba:

17.6

= 39

Turkey:

17.6

# 41

Finland:

17.3

# 42

Belgium:

# 43

Fiji:

16.5

= 44

Tunisia:

16.2

= 44

Trinidad and Tobago:

16.2

= 44

Jamaica:

16.2

# 47

Greece:

# 48

Australia:

15.9

# 49

Panama:

15.8

# 50

Netherlands:

15.4

# 51

Bulgaria:

15.2

# 52

Costa Rica:

14.9

# 53

Cote d'Ivoire:

14.7

# 54

Belize:

14.4

# 55

Philippines:

14.3

# 56

Nepal:

14.2

= 57

South Africa:

= 57

United Kingdom:

# 59

Chile:

13.9

= 60

Saint Lucia:

13.8

= 60

Seychelles:

13.8

= 60

Maldives:

13.8

= 63

Mali:

13.7

= 63

Jordan:

13.7

# 65

Senegal:

13.6

# 66

Gambia, The:

13.5

= 67

Bolivia:

13.3

= 67

Ireland:

13.3

= 69

Iceland:

13.2

= 69

Vanuatu:

13.2

= 69

Zimbabwe:

13.2

# 72

Syria:

12.9

# 73

Comoros:

12.6

= 74

Argentina:

12.5

= 74

Thailand:

12.5

= 74

Brazil:

12.5

= 74

Malta:

12.5

= 74

Czech Republic:

12.5

= 79

Mexico:

11.7

= 79

Mauritania:

11.7

# 81

Togo:

11.6

# 82

Eritrea:

11.5

# 83

Oman:

11.4

# 84

Malaysia:

11.2

# 85

Papua New Guinea:

11.1

= 86

Burundi:

10.9

= 86

Paraguay:

10.9

= 88

Slovakia:

10.8

= 88

Mauritius:

10.8

# 90

Lebanon:

10.5

# 91

Benin:

10.3

# 92

Macau:

10.1

= 93

Albania:

9.5

= 93

Chad:

9.5

= 93

Guinea:

9.5

# 96

Bahrain:

8.9

= 97

United Arab Emirates:

8.5

= 97

Samoa:

8.5

= 97

Swaziland:

8.5

# 100

Cameroon:

8.3

= 101

Malawi:

8.2

= 101

Uruguay:

8.2

# 103

Peru:

# 104

Uganda:

7.7

# 105

Vietnam:

7.5

# 106

Bangladesh:

7.3

# 107

India:

7.2

# 108

Rwanda:

6.9

# 109

China:

6.1

# 110

Brunei:

5.3

# 111

Guatemala:

4.9

# 112

Zambia:

4.7

# 113

Gabon:

4.6

# 114

Ecuador:

4.3

# 115

Armenia:

# 116

Madagascar:

3.9

= 117

Cambodia:

3.2

= 117

Indonesia:

3.2

# 119

Dominican Republic:

2.8

# 120

Venezuela:

2.1

# 121

El Salvador:

# 122

Burma:

1.6

# 123

Equatorial Guinea:

1.4

# 124

Moldova:

1.3

# 125

Guyana:

# 126

Kenya:

0.4

Weighted average:

15.0

DEFINITION: Public expenditure per student, primary level is the total reported current spending by the government on primary education, divided by the total number of pupils in primary education, expressed as a percentage of per capita GDP.

SOURCE: UNESCO via NationMaster

Education Statistics > Public spending per student > Primary level (most recent) by country

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