Public education expenditure, % of Gov-t spending - 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, % of Gov-t spending - Expenditure - Education Statistics (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Oman (2006)31.11
2Vanuatu (2008)28.1
3Tanzania (2008)27.46
4United Arab Emirates (2008)27.16
5Thailand (2008)25.72
6Morocco (2008)25.71
7Mexico (2004)25.61
8Kyrgyzstan (2007)25.59
9Ivory Coast (2008)24.61
10Malawi (1999)24.58
11Ghana (1990)24.32
12Comoros (2002)24.12
13Lesotho (2008)23.72
14Ethiopia (2007)23.33
15Hong Kong (2008)23.01
16Djibouti (2007)22.83
17Costa Rica (2008)22.78
18Tunisia (2007)22.45
19Namibia (2008)22.4
20Burundi (2008)22.26
21Burkina Faso (2007)21.83
22Swaziland (2008)21.65
23Mozambique (2006)21.05
24Botswana (2007)21.04
25Turkmenistan (1990)21.03
26Peru (2008)20.74
27Jordan (1999)20.6
28Rwanda (2008)20.43
29Uzbekistan (1990)20.39
30Algeria (2008)20.27
31Ukraine (2007)20.22
32Fiji (2002)20.04
33Haiti (1990)20.01
34Iran (2008)19.98
35Moldova (2008)19.82
36Vietnam (2008)19.79
37New Zealand (2006)19.67
38Bahamas (2000)19.67
39Qatar (2005)19.56
40Mali (2008)19.53
41Saudi Arabia (2008)19.26
42Guinea (2008)19.21
43Senegal (2008)19.01
44Nepal (2008)19.01
45Uganda (2008)18.85
46Tajikistan (2008)18.72
47Indonesia (2007)18.7
48Cuba (2008)18.48
49Malaysia (2007)18.24
50Chile (2007)18.22
51Burma (2001)18.12
52Bolivia (2003)18.06
53Kenya (2005)17.86
54Mongolia (1990)17.62
55East Asia & Pacific (developing only) (2000)17.5
56Iceland (2007)17.41
57Middle East & North Africa (developing only) (1990)17.33
58Aruba (2007)17.31
59Togo (2007)17.23
60Bhutan (2005)17.17
61Bermuda (1998)17
62Lower middle income (1990)16.89
63Belize (2007)16.75
64Syria (2007)16.72
65Cape Verde (2008)16.67
66Norway (2007)16.47
67Switzerland (2006)16.33
68South Africa (2008)16.2
69Brazil (2007)16.1
70St. Vincent and the Grenadines (2005)16.09
71Yemen (2008)16
72Benin (2007)15.92
73Marshall Islands (2003)15.76
74Barbados (2008)15.71
75Macedonia (2002)15.62
76Mauritania (2008)15.58
77Niger (2008)15.47
78Denmark (2006)15.46
79Latin America & Caribbean (developing only) (2002)15.28
80Singapore (2008)15.27
81Philippines (2007)15.25
82Nicaragua (2002)15.21
83Armenia (2007)14.98
84Colombia (2008)14.93
85Zambia (2004)14.8
86North Korea (2007)14.7
87South Korea (2007)14.7
88Cameroon (2007)14.64
89United States (2007)14.13
90Australia (2006)14.01
91Macau (2008)14
92Bangladesh (2008)13.99
93Latvia (2007)13.95
94Estonia (2007)13.94
95Israel (2007)13.84
96Low & middle income (1990)13.8
97Middle income (1990)13.8
98Ireland (2007)13.75
99Argentina (2007)13.54
100Tonga (2003)13.5
101Madagascar (2008)13.43
102Trinidad and Tobago (2001)13.4
103Lithuania (2007)13.39
104Western Samoa (2008)13.38
105Low income (1990)13.32
106El Salvador (2007)13.12
107High income (2000)13
108China (1999)12.97
109St. Lucia (2008)12.95
110Russia (2004)12.94
111Kuwait (2006)12.93
112Grenada (2003)12.86
113South Asia (2000)12.86
114Netherlands Antilles (2001)12.8
115Slovenia (2006)12.77
116Sweden (2007)12.73
117St. Kitts and Nevis (2003)12.71
118Mauritius (2008)12.7
119Seychelles (2006)12.58
120Upper middle income (2000)12.52
121Finland (2007)12.48
122Guyana (2007)12.48
123Canada (2001)12.46
124Belgium (2007)12.44
125Cambodia (2007)12.39
126Laos (2008)12.21
127High income: OECD (2001)12.1
128Kazakhstan (2000)12.09
129Liberia (2008)12.06
130Maldives (2008)12.03
131Venezuela (1990)12.02
132Central African Republic (2007)12
133Netherlands (2006)11.98
134Egypt (2008)11.93
135Paraguay (2007)11.92
136Azerbaijan (2008)11.88
137Guinea-Bissau (1999)11.86
138Guatemala (1990)11.84
139Romania (2007)11.78
140Bahrain (2008)11.72
141Poland (2007)11.72
142United Kingdom (2007)11.66
143Uruguay (2006)11.58
144Portugal (2006)11.34
145Dominica (2008)11.28
146Pakistan (2007)11.24
147Euro area (2001)11.09
148Spain (2007)11.09
149Austria (2007)11.06
150Dominican Republic (2007)11.02
151India (2003)10.74
152France (2006)10.59
153Malta (2004)10.54
154Czech Republic (2006)10.51
155Slovakia (2007)10.45
156Hungary (2006)10.43
157Chad (2005)10.12
158Croatia (2003)9.99
159Bulgaria (2007)9.97
160Luxembourg (2001)9.82
161Germany (2006)9.73
162Cyprus (2007)9.62
163Gabon (1998)9.61
164Japan (2007)9.37
165Belarus (2007)9.32
166Greece (2005)9.2
167Brunei Darussalam (2000)9.14
168Italy (2007)8.96
169Panama (2004)8.95
170Gambia (2002)8.95
171Serbia (2007)8.86
172Jamaica (2005)8.76
173Albania (2002)8.43
174Sri Lanka (1990)8.11
175Republic of the Congo (2005)8.09
176Lebanon (2008)8.05
177Ecuador (2000)8.01
178Timor-Leste (2008)7.34
179Georgia (2008)7.17
180Angola (1999)6.35
181Monaco (1999)5.07
182Equatorial Guinea (2003)4.01
183Sudan (1990)2.75
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