Public edu. expenditure per student (% of p.c.GDP), tertiary - Expenditure - Education Statistics



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Public expenditure per student is the public current spending on education divided by the total number of students by level, as a percentage of GDP per capita. Public expenditure (current and capital) includes government spending on educational institutions (both public and private), education administration as well as subsidies for private entities (students/households and other privates entities).
Public edu. expenditure per student (% of p.c.GDP), tertiary - Expenditure - Education Statistics (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1Malawi (1995)1,492
2Lesotho (2006)1,182
3Eritrea (2004)1,120
4Nigeria (1970)1,015
5Ethiopia (2007)642.73
6Mozambique (2004)569.7
7Burundi (2008)563.9
8Niger (2008)397.96
9Swaziland (2006)347.51
10Botswana (2005)313.38
11Burkina Faso (2007)308.27
12Central African Republic (2006)305.22
13Vanuatu (2001)295.98
14Chad (2005)294.56
15Euro area (2002)277.33
16Kenya (2004)273.42
17Liberia (1975)258.17
18Gambia (2004)238.49
19Sierra Leone (1985)230.75
20Rwanda (2008)222.78
21Belize (2004)216.9
22Republic of the Congo (2002)213.58
23Western Samoa (2001)208.82
24Ghana (2005)207.49
25Zimbabwe (2000)192.99
26Ivory Coast (2000)192.67
27High income: OECD (1999)182.8
28Bhutan (2008)167.19
29Senegal (2008)166.86
30Zambia (2000)164.56
31High income (1999)158.97
32Togo (2007)155.22
33Tonga (2004)154.87
34Benin (2006)153.45
35Madagascar (2008)137.22
36Pakistan (1985)128
37Uganda (2008)121.07
38Haiti (1985)117.82
39Namibia (2006)117.79
40Mali (2008)114.82
41Syria (1985)98.55
42St. Lucia (1992)92.83
43China (1999)90.07
44Sri Lanka (1995)84.22
45Kuwait (2006)82.83
46Palau (2001)81.94
47Trinidad and Tobago (2001)81.66
48Angola (2006)80.8
49Middle East & North Africa (developing only) (1991)79.24
50Marshall Islands (2002)77.71
51Jordan (1996)75.77
52Suriname (1980)73.24
53Morocco (2008)72.13
54Guinea (2008)71.55
55Virgin Islands (U.S.) (1975)70.46
56Puerto Rico (1975)67.18
57Nepal (2003)65.39
58Cyprus (2007)63.66
59Fiji (2004)62.88
60Vietnam (2008)61.67
61South Asia (1999)60.35
62Honduras (1995)59.36
63Cuba (2008)58.77
64Saudi Arabia (1996)58.11
65South Africa (1993)56.9
66Tunisia (2007)55.39
67India (2006)54.98
68Egypt (1980)54.08
69Denmark (2006)53.41
70Venezuela (1985)53.01
71East Asia & Pacific (developing only) (1998)51.93
72Somalia (1970)49.63
73Malaysia (2007)49.36
74Cape Verde (2008)48.2
75Switzerland (2007)47.8
76Austria (2007)47.4
77Hong Kong (2007)47.33
78Norway (2007)47.15
79Barbados (2007)46.35
80Latin America & Caribbean (developing only) (1999)44.79
81Canada (1998)44
82Netherlands (2006)43.92
83Cambodia (2001)43.74
84Jamaica (2008)42.41
85Bangladesh (2007)39.77
86Mauritania (2005)39.18
87Sweden (2007)38.99
88Moldova (2008)38.91
89Czech Republic (2006)37.37
90Mexico (2007)37.13
91Germany (1996)37.04
92Albania (2002)36.58
93St. Kitts and Nevis (1992)36.56
94Serbia (2007)36.38
95Guyana (2007)36.29
96Bolivia (2003)36.05
97Costa Rica (2004)35.94
98Qatar (2005)35.82
99Belgium (2007)35.7
100Ecuador (1996)34.37
101Singapore (1995)34.13
102Middle income (1996)33.52
103France (2006)33.51
104Cameroon (2008)33.4
105Finland (2007)31.84
106Europe & Central Asia (developing only) (1996)31.31
107Brazil (2007)30.37
108Upper middle income (1999)30.21
109New Zealand (2007)29.24
110Aruba (2007)29.05
111Portugal (2006)28.83
112Andorra (2006)28.52
113Turkey (2006)28.09
114Iceland (2007)27.94
115Burma (2001)27.52
116Luxembourg (1996)27.52
117Laos (2005)27.38
118Malta (2004)27.18
119Croatia (2003)26.78
120Romania (2007)26.68
121Panama (2004)26.54
122Armenia (1996)26.34
123Ireland (2007)26.3
124Colombia (2008)25.99
125Paraguay (2007)25.96
126Ukraine (2007)25.14
127Spain (2007)24.99
128United Kingdom (2007)24.79
129Greece (2005)24.65
130Libya (1999)23.92
131Hungary (2006)23.8
132Macedonia (2002)23.74
133Israel (2007)23.37
134Thailand (2008)23.03
135Kyrgyzstan (2007)22.84
136Italy (2007)22.28
137United States (2007)22.04
138Tajikistan (2008)21.8
139Estonia (2007)21.28
140Slovenia (2007)21.12
141Australia (2007)21.04
142Iran (2008)20.72
143Mongolia (2004)20.23
144Bulgaria (2007)20.12
145Japan (2007)20.07
146Slovakia (2007)19.54
147Guatemala (2007)18.98
148Belarus (2007)18.13
149Uruguay (2006)18.12
150Mauritius (2008)17.94
151Lithuania (2007)17.23
152Poland (2007)16.6
153Latvia (2007)16.35
154Macau (2008)16.35
155Indonesia (2007)16.15
156Argentina (2007)15.64
157Oman (2005)14.58
158El Salvador (2007)13.71
159Russia (2006)13.18
160United Arab Emirates (2008)12.87
161Lebanon (2008)12.48
162Philippines (2005)11.57
163Chile (2007)11.48
164Georgia (2008)11.36
165Peru (2006)10.87
166Dominican Republic (1996)9.28
167Azerbaijan (2008)9.25
168North Korea (2007)8.78
169South Korea (2007)8.78
170Brunei Darussalam (1993)8.5
171Kazakhstan (2007)7.89
172French Polynesia (1991)7.37
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