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 | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
