Public spending on education, total (% of GDP) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics



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Public expenditure on education consists of current and capital public expenditure on education 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 spending on education, total (% of GDP) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1Timor-Leste (2009)16.81
2Cuba (2008)13.63
3Lesotho (2008)12.41
4Marshall Islands (2004)12.02
5Kiribati (2002)11.87
6Maldives (2009)11.19
7Palau (2002)10.28
8St. Kitts and Nevis (2005)9.65
9Moldova (2009)9.57
10Suriname (1985)9.02
11Botswana (2009)8.9
12Sudan (1990)8.51
13Djibouti (2007)8.41
14Burundi (2009)8.3
15Denmark (2007)7.83
16Swaziland (2008)7.78
17Comoros (2008)7.61
18Uzbekistan (1995)7.42
19Iceland (2007)7.36
20Tunisia (2007)7.06
21Kenya (2006)7.05
22Micronesia (2000)6.93
23Tanzania (2008)6.83
24Norway (2007)6.76
25St. Vincent and the Grenadines (2009)6.59
26Sweden (2007)6.56
27Papua New Guinea (1979)6.47
28Namibia (2008)6.41
29Malta (2007)6.38
30Costa Rica (2009)6.32
31Bolivia (2006)6.31
32Fiji (2004)6.16
33New Zealand (2007)6.14
34Guyana (2007)6.07
35Belgium (2007)6.02
36Finland (2007)5.91
37Kyrgyzstan (2008)5.91
38Israel (2007)5.9
39Cape Verde (2009)5.87
40Senegal (2009)5.83
41Jamaica (2009)5.81
42Western Samoa (2008)5.75
43Belize (2008)5.75
44Slovenia (2006)5.67
45Saudi Arabia (2008)5.62
46Mongolia (2009)5.6
47France (2007)5.59
48Morocco (2008)5.56
49Ethiopia (2007)5.49
50United Kingdom (2007)5.47
51United States (2007)5.45
52South Africa (2009)5.44
53Ghana (2005)5.44
54Austria (2007)5.4
55Vietnam (2008)5.34
56Netherlands (2007)5.32
57Ukraine (2007)5.28
58Portugal (2006)5.25
59Guinea-Bissau (1999)5.25
60Hungary (2007)5.19
61High income: OECD (2007)5.19
62Switzerland (2007)5.18
63North America (2007)5.18
64Zimbabwe (2001)5.16
65Yemen (2008)5.15
66Iraq (1989)5.11
67Brazil (2007)5.08
68Middle East & North Africa (all income levels) (2006)5.06
69OECD members (2007)5.05
70Aruba (2008)5.04
71Seychelles (2006)5.01
72Mozambique (2006)5.01
73Latvia (2007)5
74High income (2007)5
75Jordan (1999)4.94
76Argentina (2007)4.93
77Canada (2007)4.92
78Poland (2007)4.91
79European Union (2007)4.91
80Europe & Central Asia (all income levels) (2007)4.91
81Euro area (2007)4.9
82Ireland (2007)4.9
83Grenada (2003)4.85
84Syria (2007)4.85
85Estonia (2007)4.85
86Mexico (2007)4.81
87Colombia (2009)4.81
88Bhutan (2008)4.8
89Vanuatu (2009)4.79
90Serbia (2008)4.75
91Dominica (2008)4.73
92Iran (2009)4.68
93Lithuania (2007)4.67
94Nepal (2009)4.65
95Ivory Coast (2008)4.6
96Burkina Faso (2007)4.59
97Croatia (2009)4.57
98Middle East & North Africa (developing only) (2008)4.56
99Togo (2009)4.56
100Niger (2009)4.54
101Belarus (2009)4.54
102Germany (2007)4.5
103Hong Kong (2009)4.49
104St. Lucia (2009)4.47
105Australia (2007)4.46
106Mali (2009)4.38
107Spain (2007)4.35
108Algeria (2008)4.34
109Upper middle income (2008)4.34
110Turkmenistan (1990)4.31
111Kosovo (2008)4.3
112Italy (2007)4.29
113Romania (2007)4.28
114Sierra Leone (2009)4.26
115Trinidad and Tobago (2002)4.24
116North Korea (2007)4.23
117South Korea (2007)4.23
118Malawi (2003)4.22
119Czech Republic (2007)4.2
120Malaysia (2008)4.13
121Cyprus (2007)4.13
122Europe & Central Asia (developing only) (2007)4.13
123Bulgaria (2007)4.13
124Thailand (2009)4.12
125Lower middle income (2006)4.11
126Rwanda (2008)4.07
127Middle income (2007)4.05
128Greece (2005)4.04
129Latin America & Caribbean (all income levels) (2007)4.03
130Latin America & Caribbean (developing only) (2007)4.03
131Paraguay (2007)4
132Chile (2008)3.99
133Arab World (2006)3.95
134Tonga (2004)3.91
135High income: nonOECD (2006)3.91
136Oman (2006)3.9
137Russia (2006)3.87
138Gabon (2000)3.83
139Low & middle income (2008)3.8
140Panama (2008)3.8
141Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) (2008)3.79
142Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels) (2008)3.79
143Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) (2005)3.79
144Kuwait (2006)3.76
145Egypt (2008)3.76
146Least developed countries: UN classification (2008)3.75
147Luxembourg (2001)3.74
148Brunei Darussalam (2000)3.71
149Cameroon (2009)3.7
150Venezuela (2007)3.69
151El Salvador (2008)3.63
152Slovakia (2007)3.62
153Honduras (1995)3.61
154Macedonia (2002)3.5
155Benin (2007)3.48
156Low income (2008)3.48
157Tajikistan (2008)3.48
158Japan (2007)3.46
159East Asia & Pacific (developing only) (2008)3.29
160Bahamas (2000)3.26
161Georgia (2009)3.23
162Mauritius (2009)3.21
163Guatemala (2008)3.2
164Chad (2009)3.2
165Uganda (2009)3.18
166Andorra (2008)3.16
167Nicaragua (2003)3.14
168Turkey (2004)3.12
169India (2006)3.08
170East Asia & Pacific (all income levels) (2008)3.08
171Sri Lanka (1998)3.05
172Armenia (2007)3.02
173Singapore (2009)3.01
174Madagascar (2009)3
175Bahrain (2008)2.93
176South Asia (2008)2.93
177Mauritania (2006)2.88
178Albania (2002)2.87
179Uruguay (2006)2.85
180Azerbaijan (2009)2.83
181Kazakhstan (2007)2.83
182Indonesia (2008)2.82
183Philippines (2008)2.8
184Liberia (2008)2.77
185Antigua and Barbuda (2009)2.72
186Peru (2008)2.68
187Pakistan (2009)2.68
188Libya (1999)2.67
189Angola (2006)2.65
190Bermuda (2009)2.62
191Guinea (2008)2.43
192Bangladesh (2008)2.39
193Dominican Republic (2009)2.3
194Laos (2008)2.27
195Solomon Islands (1999)2.25
196Macau (2008)2.16
197Qatar (2004)2.14
198Cambodia (2009)2.1
199Liechtenstein (2007)2.02
200Gambia (2004)2.02
201Eritrea (2006)2.01
202Afghanistan (1980)1.93
203China (1999)1.91
204Republic of the Congo (2005)1.84
205Lebanon (2009)1.81
206Haiti (1990)1.49
207Zambia (2008)1.34
208Central African Republic (2009)1.29
209Burma (2001)1.26
210Monaco (2004)1.24
211United Arab Emirates (2009)1.17
212Ecuador (2001)0.98
213Nigeria (1995)0.83
214Equatorial Guinea (2003)0.6
215Somalia (1985)0.42
216Barbados (2009)-6.65
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