Education > Spending > USD: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Education expenditure refers to the current operating expenditures in education, including wages and salaries and excluding capital investments in buildings and equipment.".

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	United States	684.04 billion	2008
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	207.64 billion	2008
2	Japan	160.99 billion	2008
3	Germany	157.95 billion	2008
4	France	145.67 billion	2008
5	United Kingdom	136.4 billion	2008
6	Italy	101.89 billion	2008
7	China	78.48 billion	2008
8	Brazil	73.41 billion	2008
9	Canada	66.53 billion	2008
	High income OECD countries average (profile)	62.93 billion	2008
10	Spain	61 billion	2008
11	Russia	57.78 billion	2008
	Non-religious countries average (profile)	52.99 billion	2008
12	Mexico	50.89 billion	2008
13	Australia	49.45 billion	2008
	Heavily indebted countries average (profile)	46.6 billion	2008
14	Netherlands	42.53 billion	2008
	Cold countries average (profile)	36.81 billion	2007
15	India	36.6 billion	2008
	Eurozone average (profile)	36.58 billion	2008
16	Saudi Arabia	34.41 billion	2008
	NATO countries average (profile)	33.81 billion	2008
	European Union average (profile)	32.34 billion	2008
17	Sweden	31.41 billion	2008
18	Belgium	29.12 billion	2008
19	Poland	27.69 billion	2008
20	Norway	27.31 billion	2008
21	Turkey	27.01 billion	2008
22	Denmark	25.86 billion	2008
23	Switzerland	24.83 billion	2008
	Europe average (profile)	22.78 billion	2007
24	Austria	21.78 billion	2008
	Former British colonies average (profile)	20.8 billion	2007
	Emerging markets average (profile)	18.97 billion	2008
25	Finland	15.41 billion	2008
26	Argentina	14.58 billion	2008
27	South Africa	13.74 billion	2008
28	Thailand	12.54 billion	2008
29	Ireland	12.32 billion	2008
30	Portugal	12.32 billion	2008
31	Israel	11.74 billion	2008
32	Venezuela	11.1 billion	2008
	South Asia average (profile)	10.49 billion	2008
33	Ukraine	10.48 billion	2008
34	Greece	9.53 billion	2008
35	Czech Republic	8.71 billion	2008
36	Malaysia	8.66 billion	2008
37	Colombia	8.36 billion	2008
38	New Zealand	8.03 billion	2008
39	Hungary	7.6 billion	2008
40	Algeria	7.3 billion	2008
41	Romania	6.77 billion	2008
	Former Soviet republics average (profile)	6.15 billion	2008
	Former Spanish colonies average (profile)	5.64 billion	2008
42	Chile	5.6 billion	2008
43	Indonesia	5.27 billion	2008
44	Kazakhstan	5.05 billion	2008
45	Singapore	4.8 billion	2008
46	Kuwait	4.78 billion	2008
	South and Central Asia average (profile)	4.69 billion	2008
47	Morocco	4.56 billion	2008
48	Philippines	4.06 billion	2008
	Latin America and Caribbean average (profile)	3.77 billion	2005
49	Pakistan	3.6 billion	2008
50	Slovakia	3.53 billion	2008
51	Peru	3.02 billion	2008
52	Belarus	2.94 billion	2008
53	Croatia	2.9 billion	2008
54	Slovenia	2.82 billion	2008
55	Uzbekistan	2.62 billion	2008
56	Tunisia	2.52 billion	2008
57	Vietnam	2.47 billion	2008
58	Lithuania	2.1 billion	2008
59	Kenya	2.02 billion	2008
60	Iraq	2.01 billion	1988
61	Bulgaria	1.95 billion	2008
62	Latvia	1.84 billion	2008
63	Bangladesh	1.7 billion	2008
64	Nigeria	1.66 billion	2008
65	Luxembourg	1.65 billion	2008
66	Angola	1.6 billion	2008
67	Oman	1.58 billion	2007
68	Dominican Republic	1.55 billion	2008
69	Cyprus	1.5 billion	2008
70	Costa Rica	1.46 billion	2008
71	Syria	1.4 billion	2008
72	Jordan	1.24 billion	2008
73	Guatemala	1.11 billion	2008
74	Cote d'Ivoire	1.05 billion	2008
75	Panama	1.03 billion	2008
	Former French colonies average (profile)	1.02 billion	2008
76	Sri Lanka	1.01 billion	2008
77	Estonia	993.84 million	2008
78	Ethiopia	951.6 million	2008
79	Trinidad and Tobago	931.66 million	2008
80	Bahrain	914.94 million	2008
81	Botswana	866.01 million	2008
82	Uruguay	839.23 million	2008
83	Iceland	834.78 million	2008
84	Azerbaijan	830.94 million	2008
85	Bolivia	752.59 million	2008
86	Jamaica	737.45 million	2008
87	Ecuador	730.43 million	2008
88	El Salvador	713.36 million	2008
89	Ghana	713.11 million	2008
	Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile)	709.63 million	2008
90	Namibia	628.17 million	2008
91	Paraguay	612.84 million	2008
92	Cameroon	607.12 million	2008
93	Senegal	590.99 million	2008
94	Puerto Rico	568.36 million	1975
95	Lebanon	532.48 million	2008
96	Papua New Guinea	481.05 million	2008
97	Tanzania	475.69 million	2008
98	Honduras	461.48 million	2008
99	Uganda	458.1 million	2008
100	Moldova	434.18 million	2008
101	Sudan	433.1 million	2008
102	Nepal	431.81 million	2008
103	Brunei	417.84 million	2006
104	Gabon	378.74 million	2008
105	Albania	360.33 million	2008
106	Georgia	353.01 million	2008
107	Mozambique	339.67 million	2008
108	Malta	336.5 million	2007
109	Mauritius	323.34 million	2008
110	Mali	303.44 million	2008
111	Kyrgyzstan	288.97 million	2008
112	Armenia	274.97 million	2008
113	The Bahamas	270.11 million	2007
114	Burkina Faso	258.85 million	2008
115	Madagascar	248.17 million	2008
116	Mongolia	236.51 million	2008
117	Rwanda	221.87 million	2008
118	Zimbabwe	221.09 million	2005
119	Benin	218 million	2008
120	Fiji	214.71 million	2008
121	Barbados	199.24 million	2005
122	Lesotho	192.59 million	2008
123	Nicaragua	190.67 million	2008
124	Swaziland	183.55 million	2008
125	Congo, Republic of the	171.85 million	2008
126	Zambia	171.67 million	2008
127	Cambodia	164.89 million	2008
128	Tajikistan	160.79 million	2008
129	Malawi	151.2 million	2008
130	Niger	141.28 million	2008
131	Equatorial Guinea	136.11 million	2008
132	French Polynesia	122.28 million	1984
133	Togo	107.24 million	2008
134	Democratic Republic of the Congo	98.34 million	2008
135	New Caledonia	97.27 million	1984
136	Suriname	94.33 million	2008
137	Chad	78.66 million	2008
138	Maldives	77.24 million	2008
139	Cape Verde	77.07 million	2008
140	Mauritania	75.72 million	2007
141	Sierra Leone	74.68 million	2008
142	Bermuda	73.49 million	1997
143	Andorra	70.65 million	2007
144	Guinea	69.84 million	2008
145	Belize	67.28 million	2008
146	Guyana	64.91 million	2008
147	Laos	63.24 million	2008
148	Burundi	59.11 million	2008
149	Saint Lucia	49.93 million	2008
150	Seychelles	44.75 million	2008
151	Bhutan	43.61 million	2008
152	Virgin Islands	40.14 million	1975
153	Djibouti	33.87 million	2008
154	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	32.99 million	2008
155	Eritrea	31.53 million	2008
156	Qatar	31.43 million	1975
157	Grenada	31.11 million	2008
158	Vanuatu	28.37 million	2007
159	East Timor	26.99 million	2008
160	Central African Republic	25.38 million	2008
161	Comoros	22.25 million	2008
162	Saint Kitts and Nevis	20.83 million	2008
163	Samoa	20.17 million	2008
164	Antigua and Barbuda	18.22 million	2008
165	The Gambia	15.53 million	2008
166	Solomon Islands	14.49 million	2008
167	Dominica	13.31 million	2008
168	Marshall Islands	12.91 million	2008
169	Liberia	11.83 million	1975
170	Tonga	10.88 million	2008
171	Guinea-Bissau	9.55 million	2008
172	American Samoa	7.96 million	1975
173	Somalia	3.32 million	1970
174	Kiribati	2.31 million	1989

Citation

"Countries Compared by Education > Spending > USD. International Statistics at NationMaster.com", World Bank staff estimates using data from the United Nations Statistics Division's Statistical Yearbook, and the UNESCO Institute for Statistics online database. Aggregates compiled by NationMaster. Retrieved from http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Education/Spending/USD

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