Public spending on education, total (% of GDP) - Inputs - Education - World Development Indicators

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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) - Inputs - Education - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Kiribati (2002)17.86
2Cuba (2007)13.3
3Lesotho (2008)12.41
4Marshall Islands (2004)12.25
5Sudan (1996)12.15
6Palau (2002)10.28
7St. Kitts and Nevis (2005)9.87
8Suriname (1985)9.02
9Djibouti (2007)8.72
10Moldova (2008)8.25
11Botswana (2007)8.14
12Maldives (2008)8.06
13Swaziland (2008)7.94
14Denmark (2006)7.92
15Iceland (2006)7.55
16Uzbekistan (1995)7.42
17Micronesia (2000)7.25
18Burundi (2008)7.2
19Tunisia (2006)7.15
20Timor-Leste (2008)7.08
21Cyprus (2006)7.04
22St. Vincent and the Grenadines (2007)6.99
23Sweden (2006)6.85
24Barbados (2008)6.75
25Saudi Arabia (2004)6.75
26Kenya (2008)6.6
27Kyrgyzstan (2007)6.57
28Norway (2006)6.54
29Namibia (2008)6.5
30Papua New Guinea (1979)6.47
31Bolivia (2006)6.31
32St. Lucia (2008)6.27
33Israel (2006)6.17
34Fiji (2004)6.16
35New Zealand (2007)6.16
36Finland (2006)6.14
37Vanuatu (2008)6.13
38Guyana (2007)6.07
39Belgium (2006)6.03
40Slovenia (2006)5.72
41Cape Verde (2008)5.71
42United States (2006)5.7
43Poland (2006)5.66
44United Kingdom (2006)5.64
45France (2006)5.58
46Netherlands (2006)5.52
47Switzerland (2006)5.51
48Morocco (2006)5.5
49Ethiopia (2007)5.49
50High income: OECD (2006)5.47
51Jamaica (2007)5.46
52Argentina (2007)5.46
53Austria (2005)5.44
54Ghana (2005)5.44
55Hungary (2006)5.42
56High income (2006)5.42
57Vietnam (2008)5.34
58Ukraine (2007)5.28
59Portugal (2006)5.25
60Guinea-Bissau (1999)5.25
61Euro area (2006)5.25
62Yemen (2008)5.22
63Grenada (2003)5.21
64Middle East & North Africa (2006)5.2
65Belarus (2007)5.15
66Australia (2006)5.15
67South Africa (2008)5.13
68Iraq (1989)5.11
69Bhutan (2008)5.1
70Belize (2007)5.07
71Latvia (2006)5.07
72Mongolia (2007)5.05
73Costa Rica (2008)5.04
74Mozambique (2006)5.01
75Seychelles (2006)5.01
76Brazil (2006)4.95
77Jordan (1999)4.94
78Canada (2005)4.93
79Estonia (2005)4.92
80Syria (2007)4.85
81Malta (2004)4.84
82Lithuania (2006)4.84
83Mexico (2006)4.83
84Ireland (2006)4.81
85Aruba (2007)4.8
86Iran (2008)4.79
87Dominica (2008)4.77
88Senegal (2006)4.77
89Italy (2006)4.75
90Tonga (2004)4.74
91High income: nonOECD (2005)4.74
92Macedonia (2008)4.7
93Malaysia (2006)4.67
94Czech Republic (2006)4.61
95Ivory Coast (2008)4.6
96Burkina Faso (2007)4.59
97Upper middle income (2006)4.58
98Zimbabwe (2000)4.57
99Europe & Central Asia (2006)4.54
100Middle income (2006)4.51
101Mauritania (2008)4.44
102Germany (2006)4.41
103Turkmenistan (1990)4.31
104Samoa (2002)4.31
105Spain (2006)4.28
106Bulgaria (2006)4.24
107Trinidad and Tobago (2002)4.24
108North Korea (2006)4.22
109South Korea (2006)4.22
110Malawi (2003)4.22
111Sub-Saharan Africa (2005)4.15
112Rwanda (2008)4.07
113Oman (2006)4.02
114Thailand (2007)4
115Low & middle income (2006)4
116Lower middle income (2006)4
117Russia (2008)4
118Greece (2005)3.98
119Paraguay (2004)3.97
120Colombia (2008)3.94
121Croatia (2004)3.9
122Uruguay (2008)3.9
123Mauritius (2006)3.89
124Antigua and Barbuda (2002)3.87
125Cameroon (2007)3.86
126Gabon (2000)3.83
127Panama (2008)3.82
128Mali (2008)3.82
129Comoros (2002)3.81
130Sierra Leone (2005)3.8
131Slovakia (2006)3.79
132Nepal (2008)3.78
133Uganda (2008)3.77
134Kuwait (2006)3.76
135Togo (2007)3.74
136Brunei Darussalam (2000)3.71
137Niger (2008)3.7
138Egypt (2008)3.68
139Venezuela (2007)3.66
140Bahrain (1995)3.63
141El Salvador (2008)3.63
142Honduras (1995)3.61
143Bahamas (2000)3.6
144Latin America & Caribbean (2007)3.58
145Benin (2007)3.55
146Indonesia (2007)3.49
147Japan (2006)3.48
148Tajikistan (2008)3.48
149Romania (2005)3.48
150Low income (2004)3.4
151Chile (2007)3.4
152Luxembourg (1999)3.35
153Hong Kong (2008)3.34
154Least developed countries: UN classification (2001)3.28
155Qatar (2005)3.28
156Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) (2000)3.2
157India (2006)3.18
158Nicaragua (2003)3.14
159Turkey (2004)3.12
160Guatemala (2007)3.05
161Sri Lanka (1998)3.05
162Armenia (2007)3.02
163Georgia (2008)2.92
164South Asia (2008)2.91
165Pakistan (2008)2.91
166Madagascar (2008)2.9
167Albania (2002)2.87
168Kazakhstan (2007)2.83
169Singapore (2008)2.8
170East Asia & Pacific (2004)2.75
171Liberia (2008)2.72
172Libya (1999)2.67
173Angola (2006)2.65
174Cayman Islands (2006)2.61
175Andorra (2007)2.56
176Philippines (2005)2.53
177Peru (2007)2.5
178Bangladesh (2008)2.39
179Laos (2008)2.32
180Solomon Islands (1999)2.25
181Dominican Republic (2007)2.19
182Tanzania (1999)2.17
183Lebanon (2008)2.05
184Macau (2007)2.03
185Gambia (2004)2.02
186Eritrea (2006)2.01
187Afghanistan (1980)1.93
188Chad (2005)1.92
189China (1999)1.91
190Azerbaijan (2008)1.9
191Republic of the Congo (2005)1.84
192Guinea (2008)1.7
193Cambodia (2007)1.6
194Haiti (1990)1.49
195Zambia (2008)1.38
196United Arab Emirates (2005)1.32
197Central African Republic (2007)1.3
198Burma (2001)1.26
199Bermuda (2006)1.17
200Ecuador (2001)0.98
201Nigeria (1995)0.83
202Equatorial Guinea (2003)0.6
203Somalia (1985)0.42
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