Public spending on education, total (% of government expenditure) - 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 government expenditure) - Inputs - Education - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1Oman (2006)31.11
2United Arab Emirates (2005)28.33
3Vanuatu (2008)28.1
4Saudi Arabia (2004)27.57
5Senegal (2006)26.29
6Morocco (2006)26.13
7Mexico (2004)25.61
8Kyrgyzstan (2007)25.59
9Malaysia (2004)25.21
10Ivory Coast (2008)24.61
11Malawi (1999)24.58
12Comoros (2002)24.12
13Lesotho (2008)23.72
14Ethiopia (2007)23.33
15High income: nonOECD (2004)23.3
16Hong Kong (2008)23.01
17Djibouti (2007)22.83
18Uzbekistan (1995)22.79
19Costa Rica (2008)22.78
20Suriname (1986)22.78
21Venezuela (1994)22.4
22Namibia (2008)22.4
23Burundi (2008)22.26
24Swaziland (2008)21.65
25Ghana (1995)21.36
26Mozambique (2006)21.05
27Botswana (2007)21.04
28Turkmenistan (1990)21.03
29Micronesia (1975)20.92
30Thailand (2007)20.88
31Jordan (1999)20.6
32Tunisia (2006)20.52
33Rwanda (2008)20.43
34Ukraine (2007)20.22
35Kenya (2008)20.2
36Fiji (2002)20.04
37Iran (2008)19.98
38Moldova (2008)19.82
39Libya (1985)19.82
40Haiti (1990)19.74
41New Zealand (2006)19.67
42Bahamas (2000)19.67
43Qatar (2005)19.56
44Mali (2008)19.53
45Guinea (2008)19.21
46Uganda (2008)18.85
47Sao Tome and Principe (1986)18.76
48Tajikistan (2008)18.72
49Middle East & North Africa (2006)18.5
50Cuba (2008)18.48
51Papua New Guinea (1979)18.39
52Chile (2007)18.22
53Iceland (2006)18.12
54Burma (2001)18.12
55Belize (2003)18.12
56Bolivia (2003)18.06
57Panama (2008)18.02
58Indonesia (2007)17.55
59Aruba (2007)17.31
60Togo (2007)17.23
61Bhutan (2005)17.17
62Cameroon (2007)17.02
63Bermuda (1998)17
64Mongolia (1995)16.96
65Middle income (1995)16.96
66Syria (2007)16.72
67Cape Verde (2008)16.67
68Low & middle income (1995)16.67
69Honduras (1995)16.52
70Peru (2007)16.39
71Switzerland (2006)16.33
72Lower middle income (2000)16.31
73Macau (2007)16.23
74South Africa (2008)16.2
75Norway (2006)16.19
76Brazil (2006)16.18
77St. Vincent and the Grenadines (2005)16.09
78East Asia & Pacific (2001)16.08
79Guatemala (1995)16
80Yemen (2008)16
81Benin (2007)15.92
82Marshall Islands (2003)15.76
83Cayman Islands (1978)15.74
84Barbados (2008)15.71
85Mauritania (2008)15.58
86Niger (2008)15.47
87Denmark (2006)15.46
88Burkina Faso (2006)15.44
89South Korea (2005)15.33
90North Korea (2005)15.33
91Singapore (2008)15.27
92Nicaragua (2002)15.21
93Sierra Leone (1985)15.2
94Philippines (2005)15.18
95Argentina (2007)15
96Armenia (2007)14.98
97Colombia (2008)14.93
98South Asia (2003)14.89
99Nepal (2003)14.89
100Nigeria (1995)14.84
101Zambia (2004)14.8
102United States (2006)14.76
103Turkey (1994)14.74
104Estonia (2005)14.56
105Europe & Central Asia (2006)14.41
106Lithuania (2006)14.41
107Uruguay (2008)14.4
108Least developed countries: UN classification (1980)14.28
109Romania (2005)14.27
110Ireland (2006)14.04
111Tanzania (1990)14.03
112Zimbabwe (1985)14.02
113Australia (2006)14.01
114Bangladesh (2008)13.99
115Upper middle income (2006)13.97
116Sub-Saharan Africa (1985)13.72
117Israel (2003)13.69
118Samoa (2002)13.67
119Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) (1985)13.61
120Tonga (2003)13.5
121Madagascar (2008)13.43
122Low income (1985)13.42
123Trinidad and Tobago (2001)13.4
124Latvia (2006)13.37
125Macedonia (2008)13.3
126El Salvador (2007)13.12
127Latin America & Caribbean (2004)13.06
128China (1999)12.97
129St. Lucia (2008)12.95
130Kuwait (2006)12.93
131Slovenia (2006)12.88
132Grenada (2003)12.86
133Netherlands Antilles (2001)12.8
134Bahrain (1995)12.76
135St. Kitts and Nevis (2003)12.71
136Mauritius (2006)12.68
137Sweden (2006)12.61
138High income (2006)12.6
139Finland (2006)12.6
140Seychelles (2006)12.58
141Guyana (2007)12.48
142Canada (2001)12.46
143Solomon Islands (1984)12.41
144Cambodia (2007)12.39
145Belgium (2006)12.38
146Laos (2008)12.21
147Egypt (2008)12.1
148Kazakhstan (2000)12.09
149Liberia (2008)12.06
150Maldives (2008)12.03
151Central African Republic (2007)12
152Poland (2006)11.99
153High income: OECD (2006)11.97
154Netherlands (2006)11.97
155United Kingdom (2006)11.91
156Azerbaijan (2008)11.88
157Guinea-Bissau (1999)11.86
158Russia (2008)11.8
159Bulgaria (2006)11.61
160Portugal (2006)11.34
161Euro area (2006)11.34
162Dominica (2008)11.28
163Pakistan (2007)11.24
164Spain (2006)11.12
165Kiribati (1973)11.11
166Dominican Republic (2007)11.02
167Austria (2005)10.9
168India (2003)10.74
169San Marino (1984)10.65
170France (2006)10.59
171Malta (2004)10.54
172Czech Republic (2006)10.51
173Hungary (2006)10.43
174Slovakia (2006)10.24
175Chad (2005)10.12
176Croatia (2003)9.99
177Paraguay (2004)9.96
178Germany (2006)9.73
179Italy (2006)9.72
180Gabon (1998)9.61
181Japan (2006)9.5
182Cyprus (2006)9.45
183Belarus (2007)9.32
184Greece (2005)9.2
185Brunei Darussalam (2000)9.14
186Gambia (2002)8.95
187Jamaica (2005)8.76
188Luxembourg (1999)8.5
189Albania (2002)8.43
190Sri Lanka (1995)8.15
191Republic of the Congo (2005)8.09
192Lebanon (2008)8.05
193Ecuador (2000)8.01
194Antigua and Barbuda (1981)7.63
195Vietnam (1993)7.36
196Timor-Leste (2008)7.34
197Georgia (2008)7.17
198Iraq (1988)6.43
199Democratic Republic of the Congo (1988)6.43
200Angola (1999)6.35
201Monaco (1999)5.07
202Sudan (1990)4.55
203Somalia (1985)4.15
204Equatorial Guinea (2003)4.01
205Afghanistan (1988)3.96
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