Public edu. expenditure per student (% of p.c.GDP), primary - 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 by level, 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 edu. expenditure per student (% of p.c.GDP), primary - Expenditure - Education Statistics (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Euro area (1999)4,705
2High income: OECD (1999)48.42
3Belarus (1995)45.79
4Sudan (1996)45.63
5Palau (2001)45.03
6Cuba (2008)44.66
7Ukraine (1993)42.43
8Moldova (2008)34.28
9Angola (1990)32.12
10Kiribati (2001)31.45
11Cyprus (2007)29.56
12Burkina Faso (2007)29.13
13Slovenia (2003)29.01
14Barbados (2008)27.71
15Timor-Leste (2007)27.58
16Comoros (2008)27.2
17Niger (2008)27.07
18Maldives (2008)26.76
19Iceland (2007)26.68
20High income (1999)26.16
21Suriname (1990)25.9
22Hungary (2006)25.57
23Sweden (2007)25.44
24St. Vincent and the Grenadines (2007)24.85
25Marshall Islands (2002)24.78
26Denmark (2006)24.54
27Poland (2007)24.37
28Djibouti (2007)24.36
29Bulgaria (2007)23.52
30United Kingdom (2007)23.42
31Latvia (2007)23.29
32Austria (2007)23.14
33Switzerland (2007)23.02
34Tanzania (2008)22.9
35Italy (2007)22.8
36Portugal (2006)22.35
37United States (2007)22.35
38Lesotho (2008)22.34
39Kenya (2006)22.31
40Dominica (2008)22.15
41Japan (2007)21.63
42Thailand (2008)21.44
43Israel (2007)21.25
44Tunisia (2005)20.87
45Belgium (2007)20.79
46Estonia (2007)20.44
47Romania (2007)20.39
48Vanuatu (2008)20.36
49Luxembourg (2005)20.26
50Spain (2007)19.88
51Vietnam (2008)19.69
52Macedonia (1994)19.09
53Guinea-Bissau (1980)18.97
54Burundi (2008)18.77
55Saudi Arabia (2007)18.77
56Syria (2007)18.45
57Norway (2007)18.44
58Ghana (2006)17.92
59Netherlands (2006)17.76
60Brazil (2007)17.72
61New Zealand (2007)17.62
62Finland (2007)17.53
63Fiji (2004)17.43
64Senegal (2008)17.24
65Croatia (2003)17.19
66France (2006)17.13
67Australia (2007)17.08
68South Korea (2007)17.01
69North Korea (2007)17.01
70Costa Rica (2004)16.96
71Ivory Coast (2001)16.92
72Seychelles (2004)16.49
73Morocco (2008)16.33
74Swaziland (2006)16.33
75Greece (2005)16.18
76Germany (2006)16.08
77Lithuania (2007)15.9
78Cayman Islands (2006)15.83
79Jamaica (2008)15.83
80Ireland (2007)15.8
81Indonesia (2007)15.74
82Oman (2005)15.74
83Namibia (2008)15.71
84Slovakia (2007)15.63
85Bahrain (2002)15.38
86Nepal (2008)15.09
87St. Lucia (2004)14.89
88Georgia (2008)14.74
89Mongolia (2007)14.72
90Argentina (2007)14.69
91Mozambique (2006)14.51
92Guyana (2007)14.42
93Belize (2007)14.33
94Zimbabwe (2001)14.04
95Bolivia (2006)13.73
96South Africa (2008)13.69
97Czech Republic (2006)13.56
98Cape Verde (2008)13.55
99Iran (2008)13.48
100Mexico (2007)13.29
101Malta (2004)13.18
102Jordan (2007)13.14
103Latin America & Caribbean (developing only) (1999)13.1
104Mauritania (2008)12.8
105Turkey (2004)12.77
106Hong Kong (2008)12.66
107Botswana (2007)12.62
108Ethiopia (2007)12.44
109Benin (2006)12.42
110Upper middle income (1999)12.41
111Colombia (2008)12.38
112Andorra (2007)12.34
113Aruba (2007)12.12
114Kuwait (2008)11.96
115Chile (2007)11.93
116Tonga (2004)11.83
117Western Samoa (2002)11.76
118Grenada (2003)11.69
119Malaysia (2007)11.56
120Algeria (2003)11.31
121Singapore (2009)11.18
122Paraguay (2007)10.74
123Mauritius (2008)10.7
124Bangladesh (2008)10.47
125Guatemala (2008)10.46
126Mali (2008)10.38
127Malawi (2003)9.98
128Haiti (1990)9.95
129Laos (2005)9.89
130Nicaragua (2006)9.84
131Togo (2007)9.38
132Venezuela (2007)9.1
133Trinidad and Tobago (2007)9.06
134Nigeria (1970)9.04
135India (2006)8.86
136South Asia (1999)8.73
137Philippines (2005)8.65
138Uruguay (2006)8.52
139El Salvador (2008)8.5
140Rwanda (2008)8.24
141Peru (2008)8.21
142Eritrea (2006)8.16
143Macau (2003)7.98
144St. Kitts and Nevis (2004)7.89
145Albania (2002)7.78
146Bermuda (2006)7.74
147Uganda (2009)7.48
148Panama (2008)7.47
149Madagascar (2008)7.39
150Dominican Republic (2008)7.37
151Bhutan (2009)7.07
152Chad (2005)7.06
153China (1996)6.47
154Gambia (2004)6.31
155Cameroon (2008)6.14
156East Asia & Pacific (developing only) (2000)5.8
157Liberia (2007)5.72
158Zambia (2005)5.51
159Central African Republic (2007)5.48
160Cambodia (2002)5.37
161Brunei Darussalam (1993)5.35
162Azerbaijan (2006)5.21
163Guinea (2008)4.99
164United Arab Emirates (2006)4.93
165Ecuador (2000)3.24
166Qatar (1975)2.98
167Republic of the Congo (2005)2.86
168Burma (2003)2.54
169Equatorial Guinea (2001)1.08
170Honduras (2008)1.07
171French Polynesia (1992)1.03
172New Caledonia (1992)0.98
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