Public education expenditure as % of GDP - Expenditure - Education 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 education expenditure as % of GDP - Expenditure - Education Statistics (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Kiribati (2002)17.86
2Cuba (2008)13.63
3Lesotho (2008)12.41
4Marshall Islands (2004)12.25
5Palau (2002)10.28
6St. Kitts and Nevis (2005)9.87
7Djibouti (2007)8.72
8Moldova (2008)8.25
9Botswana (2007)8.14
10Maldives (2008)8.06
11Swaziland (2008)7.94
12Denmark (2006)7.92
13Uzbekistan (1996)7.67
14Sudan (1996)7.63
15Comoros (2008)7.61
16Virgin Islands (U.S.) (1984)7.53
17Iceland (2007)7.53
18Micronesia (2000)7.25
19Burundi (2008)7.2
20Tunisia (2007)7.19
21Puerto Rico (1975)7.14
22Cyprus (2007)7.1
23Timor-Leste (2008)7.08
24Kenya (2006)7.04
25St. Vincent and the Grenadines (2007)6.99
26Vanuatu (2008)6.85
27Tanzania (2008)6.83
28Barbados (2008)6.75
29Norway (2007)6.75
30Sweden (2007)6.67
31Kyrgyzstan (2007)6.57
32Namibia (2008)6.5
33Israel (2007)6.36
34Bolivia (2006)6.31
35St. Lucia (2008)6.27
36Jamaica (2008)6.17
37Fiji (2004)6.16
38New Zealand (2007)6.16
39Belgium (2007)6.1
40Guyana (2007)6.07
41Finland (2007)5.93
42High income: OECD (2002)5.73
43High income (2002)5.73
44Morocco (2008)5.71
45Saudi Arabia (2008)5.71
46Cape Verde (2008)5.71
47France (2006)5.58
48United Kingdom (2007)5.56
49United States (2007)5.54
50Netherlands (2006)5.52
51Ethiopia (2007)5.49
52Ghana (2005)5.44
53Hungary (2006)5.42
54Western Samoa (2008)5.39
55Austria (2007)5.36
56Euro area (2002)5.36
57Vietnam (2008)5.34
58Switzerland (2007)5.3
59Ukraine (2007)5.28
60Portugal (2006)5.25
61Guinea-Bissau (1999)5.25
62Yemen (2008)5.22
63Slovenia (2007)5.21
64Grenada (2003)5.21
65Brazil (2007)5.21
66Belarus (2007)5.15
67South Africa (2008)5.13
68Iraq (1988)5.11
69Bhutan (2008)5.1
70Senegal (2008)5.09
71Belize (2007)5.07
72Mongolia (2007)5.05
73Costa Rica (2008)5.04
74Seychelles (2006)5.01
75Mozambique (2006)5.01
76Latvia (2007)5
77Estonia (2007)4.96
78Jordan (1999)4.94
79Middle East & North Africa (developing only) (1999)4.94
80Canada (2007)4.93
81Argentina (2007)4.93
82Poland (2007)4.92
83Thailand (2008)4.92
84Aruba (2007)4.91
85Ireland (2007)4.91
86Syria (2007)4.85
87Malta (2004)4.84
88Mexico (2007)4.83
89Iran (2008)4.79
90Dominica (2008)4.77
91Tonga (2004)4.74
92Lithuania (2007)4.69
93Australia (2007)4.65
94Upper middle income (2002)4.64
95Czech Republic (2006)4.61
96Ivory Coast (2008)4.6
97Burkina Faso (2007)4.59
98Zimbabwe (2000)4.57
99Serbia (2007)4.53
100Malaysia (2007)4.53
101Middle income (2002)4.48
102Mauritania (2008)4.44
103Germany (2006)4.41
104Papua New Guinea (1970)4.37
105Spain (2007)4.36
106Romania (2007)4.36
107Europe & Central Asia (developing only) (2002)4.35
108Italy (2007)4.32
109Latin America & Caribbean (developing only) (2002)4.31
110Turkmenistan (1990)4.31
111Algeria (2008)4.27
112Trinidad and Tobago (2002)4.24
113Malawi (2003)4.22
114South Korea (2007)4.21
115North Korea (2007)4.21
116Low & middle income (2002)4.15
117Bulgaria (2007)4.13
118Rwanda (2008)4.07
119Sao Tome and Principe (1986)4.04
120Oman (2006)4.02
121Paraguay (2007)4
122Greece (2005)3.98
123Colombia (2008)3.94
124Croatia (2004)3.9
125Antigua and Barbuda (2002)3.87
126Russia (2006)3.87
127Gabon (2000)3.83
128Mali (2008)3.82
129Panama (2008)3.82
130Sierra Leone (2005)3.8
131Nepal (2008)3.78
132Uganda (2008)3.77
133Kuwait (2006)3.76
134Egypt (2008)3.76
135Togo (2007)3.74
136Luxembourg (2001)3.74
137Brunei Darussalam (2000)3.71
138Niger (2008)3.7
139Venezuela (2007)3.66
140El Salvador (2008)3.63
141Suriname (1993)3.63
142Slovakia (2007)3.62
143Honduras (1995)3.61
144Bahamas (2000)3.6
145Mauritius (2008)3.57
146Benin (2007)3.55
147Lower middle income (2002)3.53
148Indonesia (2007)3.53
149Macedonia (2002)3.5
150Tajikistan (2008)3.48
151Japan (2007)3.45
152Chile (2007)3.4
153Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) (2000)3.38
154Hong Kong (2008)3.34
155Qatar (2005)3.28
156Guatemala (2008)3.2
157India (2006)3.18
158Low income (2000)3.17
159Andorra (2008)3.16
160Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) (2000)3.16
161Nicaragua (2003)3.14
162South Asia (2000)3.08
163Sri Lanka (1998)3.05
164Armenia (2007)3.02
165East Asia & Pacific (developing only) (2002)2.95
166Bahrain (2008)2.93
167Georgia (2008)2.92
168Cameroon (2008)2.91
169Pakistan (2008)2.91
170Madagascar (2008)2.9
171Albania (2002)2.87
172Turkey (2006)2.86
173Kazakhstan (2007)2.83
174Uruguay (2006)2.82
175Singapore (2008)2.8
176Liberia (2008)2.72
177Peru (2008)2.71
178Libya (1999)2.67
179Angola (2006)2.65
180Cayman Islands (2006)2.61
181Philippines (2007)2.58
182Bangladesh (2008)2.39
183Laos (2008)2.32
184Solomon Islands (1999)2.25
185Dominican Republic (2007)2.19
186Macau (2008)2.16
187Lebanon (2008)2.05
188Gambia (2004)2.02
189Eritrea (2006)2.01
190Chad (2005)1.92
191China (1999)1.91
192Azerbaijan (2008)1.9
193Republic of the Congo (2005)1.84
194Afghanistan (1981)1.81
195Guinea (2008)1.7
196Cambodia (2007)1.6
197Haiti (1990)1.51
198Zambia (2008)1.38
199Central African Republic (2007)1.3
200Burma (2001)1.26
201Bermuda (2006)1.17
202Ecuador (2001)0.98
203United Arab Emirates (2008)0.9
204Nigeria (1995)0.65
205Equatorial Guinea (2003)0.6
206New Caledonia (1993)0.57
207French Polynesia (1993)0.54
208Somalia (1986)0.36
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