Public education expenditure per student (% of p.c. GDP), all levels - Expenditure - Education Statistics

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Public expenditure per student is the public current spending on education divided by the total number of students, as a percentage of GDP per capita. Public expenditure (current and capital) 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 per student (% of p.c. GDP), all levels - Expenditure - Education Statistics (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Cuba (2008)52.06
2Lesotho (2006)49.32
3Cyprus (2007)39.9
4Vanuatu (2001)38
5Denmark (2006)34.61
6Moldova (2008)34.31
7Burkina Faso (2007)34.13
8Palau (2001)33.44
9Niger (2008)33.17
10Barbados (2001)31.29
11Sweden (2007)31.06
12Burundi (2008)30.28
13Ivory Coast (2000)30.02
14Austria (2007)29.61
15Marshall Islands (2002)29.53
16Belgium (2007)29.25
17Bhutan (2000)29.15
18Botswana (2007)28.81
19Swaziland (2006)28.54
20Switzerland (2007)28.28
21Portugal (2006)28.01
22Morocco (2005)27.88
23Norway (2007)27.4
24Finland (2007)26.75
25Kenya (2006)26.39
26Tunisia (2005)26.36
27United Kingdom (2007)25.98
28Slovenia (2003)25.92
29Netherlands (2006)25.62
30Senegal (2008)25.23
31Iceland (2007)24.99
32Maldives (2006)24.78
33France (2006)24.74
34Ghana (2005)24.58
35Italy (2007)23.93
36Hungary (2006)23.9
37St. Vincent and the Grenadines (2005)23.7
38Mozambique (2004)23.32
39Czech Republic (2006)23.28
40United States (2007)23.08
41Spain (2007)22.9
42Jamaica (2008)22.88
43Estonia (2007)22.42
44Vietnam (2008)22.25
45Bulgaria (2007)22.08
46Thailand (2008)22
47Ethiopia (2007)21.82
48Seychelles (2004)21.66
49Latvia (2007)21.65
50Croatia (2003)21.57
51Japan (2007)21.57
52Eritrea (2004)21.48
53Israel (2007)21.38
54Poland (2007)21.28
55New Zealand (2007)21.14
56Namibia (2006)20.88
57Greece (2005)20.6
58Dominica (2008)20.37
59Cape Verde (2004)20.36
60Ireland (2007)20.25
61Romania (2007)20.17
62Brazil (2007)19.52
63Benin (2004)19.43
64Fiji (2004)19.41
65Hong Kong (2007)19.4
66Mali (2008)19.11
67Costa Rica (2004)19.04
68Lithuania (2007)18.58
69Trinidad and Tobago (2001)17.87
70Kuwait (2006)17.82
71Iran (2008)17.8
72Bolivia (2003)17.39
73Malaysia (2007)17.34
74Argentina (2007)17.32
75Malta (2004)17.32
76Cayman Islands (2006)17.21
77Zimbabwe (2000)16.98
78Australia (2007)16.96
79Belize (2004)16.63
80South Korea (2007)16.44
81North Korea (2007)16.44
82Guyana (2007)16.31
83Aruba (2007)16.04
84Slovakia (2007)15.93
85Mexico (2007)15.49
86Togo (2007)15.35
87Indonesia (2007)15.14
88Colombia (2008)15.12
89Rwanda (2008)15.05
90St. Lucia (2004)15.02
91Oman (2005)14.5
92Western Samoa (2001)14.5
93Georgia (2008)14.43
94Turkey (2004)14.35
95Uganda (2004)14.29
96Paraguay (2007)14.28
97Mauritius (2008)14.24
98Singapore (2008)14.15
99Macau (2000)14.07
100India (2006)14.04
101Grenada (2003)13.88
102Mongolia (2004)13.44
103Tonga (2004)13.37
104Bangladesh (2008)13.27
105Panama (2004)13.16
106Chad (2005)12.8
107Republic of the Congo (2002)12.69
108Mauritania (2005)12.59
109Chile (2007)12.45
110Cameroon (2008)12.27
111Nepal (2003)12
112Bermuda (2005)11.62
113Zambia (2000)11.01
114Uruguay (2006)10.63
115United Arab Emirates (2003)10.63
116Andorra (2006)10.44
117St. Kitts and Nevis (2002)10.05
118Madagascar (2008)10.04
119Guatemala (2007)9.8
120Philippines (2005)9.14
121Laos (2005)9.08
122El Salvador (2007)8.79
123Peru (2006)8.57
124Gambia (2004)8.43
125Guinea (2008)7.53
126Azerbaijan (2006)7.2
127Cambodia (2001)7.13
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