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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.".
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuba | 13.18 | 2008 | ||
| 2 | New Caledonia | 12.22 | 1984 | ||
| 3 | American Samoa | 11.76 | 1975 | ||
| 4 | Lesotho | 9.43 | 2008 | ||
| 5 | Uzbekistan | 9.37 | 2008 | ||
| 6 | Virgin Islands | 9.36 | 1975 | ||
| 7 | French Polynesia | 8.87 | 1984 | ||
| 8 | Guam | 8.32 | 1985 | ||
| 9 | Puerto Rico | 7.92 | 1975 | ||
| 10 | Denmark | 7.41 | 2008 | ||
| 11 | Iceland | 7.31 | 2008 | ||
| 12 | Namibia | 7.28 | 2008 | ||
| 13 | Saudi Arabia | 7.19 | 2008 | ||
| 14 | Zimbabwe | 6.87 | 2008 | ||
| 15 | Tunisia | 6.66 | 2008 | ||
| 16 | Kenya | 6.63 | 2008 | ||
| 17 | New Zealand | 6.62 | 2008 | ||
| 18 | Marshall Islands | 6.61 | 2008 | ||
| 19 | Botswana | 6.58 | 2008 | ||
| 20 | Moldova | 6.53 | 2008 | ||
| 21 | Cyprus | 6.5 | 2008 | ||
| 22 | Maldives | 6.48 | 2008 | ||
| 23 | Sweden | 6.41 | 2008 | ||
| 24 | Barbados | 6.39 | 2008 | ||
| 25 | Swaziland | 6.38 | 2008 | ||
| 26 | Papua New Guinea | 6.28 | 2008 | ||
| =27 | Norway | 6.03 | 2008 | ||
| =27 | Fiji | 6.03 | 2008 | ||
| 29 | Vanuatu | 5.95 | 2008 | ||
| 30 | Israel | 5.91 | 2008 | ||
| 31 | Ukraine | 5.86 | 2008 | ||
| 32 | Seychelles | 5.85 | 2008 | ||
| 33 | Kyrgyzstan | 5.82 | 2008 | ||
| 34 | Belgium | 5.81 | 2008 | ||
| 35 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 5.8 | 2008 | ||
| 36 | Guyana | 5.69 | 2008 | ||
| 37 | Finland | 5.64 | 2008 | ||
| 38 | Belize | 5.62 | 2008 | ||
| 39 | Jordan | 5.61 | 2008 | ||
| 40 | Latvia | 5.57 | 2008 | ||
| 41 | Saint Lucia | 5.46 | 2008 | ||
| 42 | Poland | 5.42 | 2008 | ||
| 43 | Hungary | 5.34 | 2008 | ||
| 44 | Slovenia | 5.31 | 2008 | ||
| =45 | Portugal | 5.3 | 2008 | ||
| =45 | Austria | 5.3 | 2008 | ||
| 47 | Jamaica | 5.28 | 2008 | ||
| 48 | Morocco | 5.22 | 2008 | ||
| 49 | Ireland | 5.17 | 2008 | ||
| =50 | Grenada | 5.14 | 2008 | ||
| =50 | South Africa | 5.14 | 2008 | ||
| 52 | Australia | 5.11 | 2008 | ||
| 53 | Burundi | 5.1 | 2008 | ||
| 54 | Kiribati | 5.09 | 1989 | ||
| 55 | United Kingdom | 5.06 | 2008 | ||
| 56 | France | 5.05 | 2008 | ||
| 57 | Costa Rica | 5.04 | 2008 | ||
| 58 | Cape Verde | 5.02 | 2008 | ||
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | 5.02 | 2008 | |||
| 59 | Belarus | 4.93 | 2008 | ||
| European Union average (profile) | 4.89 | 2008 | |||
| 60 | Netherlands | 4.85 | 2008 | ||
| Eurozone average (profile) | 4.81 | 2008 | |||
| =61 | United States | 4.79 | 2008 | ||
| =61 | Thailand | 4.79 | 2008 | ||
| =63 | European Union | 4.78 | 2008 | ||
| =63 | Canada | 4.78 | 2008 | ||
| 65 | Brazil | 4.77 | 2008 | ||
| 66 | Mexico | 4.75 | 2008 | ||
| 67 | Ghana | 4.74 | 2008 | ||
| NATO countries average (profile) | 4.74 | 2008 | |||
| Europe average (profile) | 4.73 | 2008 | |||
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 4.68 | 2008 | |||
| 68 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4.67 | 2008 | ||
| 69 | Bolivia | 4.66 | 2008 | ||
| 70 | Switzerland | 4.65 | 2008 | ||
| 71 | Malta | 4.64 | 2008 | ||
| 72 | Iraq | 4.63 | 1988 | ||
| =73 | Rwanda | 4.61 | 2008 | ||
| =73 | Mongolia | 4.61 | 2008 | ||
| =73 | Estonia | 4.61 | 2008 | ||
| Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 4.61 | 2008 | |||
| 76 | Lithuania | 4.59 | 2008 | ||
| 77 | Argentina | 4.54 | 2008 | ||
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 4.52 | 2008 | |||
| 78 | Italy | 4.52 | 2008 | ||
| 79 | Senegal | 4.49 | 2008 | ||
| 80 | Algeria | 4.47 | 2008 | ||
| 81 | Panama | 4.42 | 2008 | ||
| 82 | Kazakhstan | 4.41 | 2008 | ||
| 83 | Bahrain | 4.36 | 2008 | ||
| 84 | Czech Republic | 4.35 | 2008 | ||
| 85 | Croatia | 4.34 | 2008 | ||
| 86 | Aruba | 4.33 | 2008 | ||
| Former British colonies average (profile) | 4.32 | 2008 | |||
| 87 | Germany | 4.28 | 2008 | ||
| Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 4.19 | 2008 | |||
| 88 | Comoros | 4.19 | 2008 | ||
| Catholic countries average (profile) | 4.17 | 2008 | |||
| South and Central Asia average (profile) | 4.17 | 2008 | |||
| Non-religious countries average (profile) | 4.11 | 2008 | |||
| 89 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4.08 | 2008 | ||
| 90 | Bulgaria | 4.05 | 2008 | ||
| 91 | Malaysia | 4.04 | 2008 | ||
| 92 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.01 | 2008 | ||
| 93 | Samoa | 3.98 | 2008 | ||
| 94 | Dominica | 3.91 | 2008 | ||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | 3.91 | 2008 | |||
| =95 | Sierra Leone | 3.9 | 2008 | ||
| =95 | Spain | 3.9 | 2008 | ||
| 97 | Oman | 3.89 | 2008 | ||
| 98 | Paraguay | 3.87 | 2008 | ||
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 3.86 | 2008 | |||
| 99 | The Bahamas | 3.84 | 2008 | ||
| 100 | Solomon Islands | 3.83 | 2008 | ||
| 101 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.82 | 1986 | ||
| 102 | Tonga | 3.77 | 2008 | ||
| 103 | Mozambique | 3.75 | 2008 | ||
| 104 | Luxembourg | 3.72 | 2008 | ||
| =105 | Ethiopia | 3.71 | 2008 | ||
| =105 | Togo | 3.71 | 2008 | ||
| 107 | Slovakia | 3.7 | 2008 | ||
| 108 | Turkey | 3.68 | 2008 | ||
| 109 | Brunei | 3.64 | 2008 | ||
| Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 3.64 | 2008 | |||
| 110 | Chile | 3.6 | 2008 | ||
| =111 | Colombia | 3.58 | 2008 | ||
| =111 | Mali | 3.58 | 2008 | ||
| 113 | Djibouti | 3.56 | 2008 | ||
| 114 | Honduras | 3.55 | 2008 | ||
| =115 | Dominican Republic | 3.54 | 2008 | ||
| =115 | Russia | 3.54 | 2008 | ||
| 117 | Venezuela | 3.53 | 2008 | ||
| 118 | Malawi | 3.51 | 2008 | ||
| 119 | Suriname | 3.44 | 2008 | ||
| 120 | Mauritius | 3.41 | 2008 | ||
| 121 | Romania | 3.4 | 2008 | ||
| 122 | Nepal | 3.39 | 2008 | ||
| 123 | Bhutan | 3.35 | 2008 | ||
| 124 | El Salvador | 3.31 | 2008 | ||
| 125 | Benin | 3.28 | 2008 | ||
| 126 | Uganda | 3.27 | 2008 | ||
| 127 | Burkina Faso | 3.26 | 2008 | ||
| 128 | Tajikistan | 3.2 | 2008 | ||
| =129 | India | 3.17 | 2008 | ||
| =129 | Japan | 3.17 | 2008 | ||
| 131 | Gabon | 3.06 | 2008 | ||
| Former French colonies average (profile) | 3.05 | 2008 | |||
| 132 | Kuwait | 3.02 | 2008 | ||
| 133 | Nicaragua | 2.96 | 2008 | ||
| 134 | Guatemala | 2.88 | 2008 | ||
| 135 | Albania | 2.84 | 2008 | ||
| 136 | Vietnam | 2.81 | 2008 | ||
| 137 | Georgia | 2.78 | 2008 | ||
| =138 | Mauritania | 2.75 | 2008 | ||
| =138 | Greece | 2.75 | 2008 | ||
| 140 | Singapore | 2.71 | 2008 | ||
| South Asia average (profile) | 2.66 | 2008 | |||
| =141 | Niger | 2.65 | 2008 | ||
| =141 | Uruguay | 2.65 | 2008 | ||
| 143 | Madagascar | 2.64 | 2008 | ||
| 144 | Cameroon | 2.62 | 2008 | ||
| 145 | Syria | 2.6 | 2008 | ||
| 146 | Sri Lanka | 2.55 | 2008 | ||
| 147 | Peru | 2.5 | 2008 | ||
| failed states average (profile) | 2.48 | 1970 | |||
| 148 | Tanzania | 2.39 | 2008 | ||
| 149 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.29 | 2008 | ||
| 150 | Angola | 2.27 | 2008 | ||
| 151 | Congo, Republic of the | 2.25 | 2008 | ||
| 152 | Armenia | 2.22 | 2008 | ||
| 153 | Philippines | 2.19 | 2008 | ||
| =154 | Pakistan | 2.14 | 2008 | ||
| =154 | Libya | 2.14 | 1980 | ||
| 156 | The Gambia | 2.04 | 2008 | ||
| 157 | Azerbaijan | 2.03 | 2008 | ||
| 158 | Guinea | 2 | 2008 | ||
| 159 | Bermuda | 1.98 | 2008 | ||
| 160 | Bangladesh | 1.97 | 2008 | ||
| =161 | Eritrea | 1.92 | 2008 | ||
| =161 | Liberia | 1.92 | 1975 | ||
| 163 | Lebanon | 1.82 | 2008 | ||
| 164 | China | 1.8 | 2008 | ||
| 165 | Cambodia | 1.66 | 2008 | ||
| 166 | Afghanistan | 1.64 | 1981 | ||
| 167 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.6 | 2008 | ||
| 168 | Haiti | 1.46 | 2008 | ||
| 169 | Ecuador | 1.38 | 2008 | ||
| 170 | Zambia | 1.32 | 2008 | ||
| 171 | Qatar | 1.31 | 1975 | ||
| 172 | Central African Republic | 1.29 | 2008 | ||
| 173 | Laos | 1.18 | 2008 | ||
| 174 | Chad | 1.17 | 2008 | ||
| =175 | Indonesia | 1.15 | 2008 | ||
| =175 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.15 | 2008 | ||
| 177 | Somalia | 1.05 | 1970 | ||
| 178 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.95 | 2008 | ||
| 179 | East Timor | 0.93 | 2008 | ||
| 180 | Sudan | 0.87 | 2008 | ||
| 181 | Nigeria | 0.85 | 2008 | ||
| 182 | Burma | 0.84 | 2008 |