Expenditure per student, tertiary (% of GDP per capita) - Inputs - Education - World Development Indicators

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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).
Expenditure per student, tertiary (% of GDP per capita) - Inputs - Education - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Lesotho (2006)1,182
2Eritrea (2004)1,120
3Ethiopia (2007)642.73
4Mozambique (2004)569.7
5Burundi (2008)563.9
6Botswana (2005)449.61
7Niger (2008)397.96
8Swaziland (2006)347.51
9Burkina Faso (2007)308.27
10Central African Republic (2006)305.22
11Vanuatu (2001)295.98
12Chad (2005)294.56
13Kenya (2004)273.42
14Gambia (2004)238.49
15Rwanda (2008)222.78
16Belize (2004)216.9
17Republic of the Congo (2002)213.58
18Samoa (2001)208.82
19Senegal (2006)207.73
20Ghana (2005)207.49
21Zimbabwe (2000)192.99
22Ivory Coast (2000)192.67
23Bhutan (2008)167.19
24Zambia (2000)164.56
25Togo (2007)155.22
26Tonga (2004)154.87
27Benin (2006)153.45
28Madagascar (2008)137.22
29Cameroon (2007)126.06
30Uganda (2008)121.07
31Namibia (2006)117.79
32Mali (2008)114.82
33China (1999)90.07
34Kuwait (2006)82.83
35Palau (2001)81.94
36Trinidad and Tobago (2001)81.66
37Angola (2006)80.8
38Marshall Islands (2002)77.71
39Morocco (2008)72.13
40Guinea (2008)71.55
41Cyprus (2006)68
42South Asia (2003)65.39
43Nepal (2003)65.39
44Fiji (2004)62.88
45Vietnam (2008)61.67
46South Africa (1999)60.72
47Malaysia (2006)59.72
48India (2006)54.98
49Tunisia (2006)53.98
50Switzerland (2006)53.53
51Denmark (2006)53.41
52Austria (2005)49.96
53Cape Verde (2008)48.2
54Hong Kong (2007)47.33
55Barbados (2007)46.35
56Norway (2006)44.81
57Canada (2002)44
58Netherlands (2006)43.92
59Cambodia (2001)43.74
60Cuba (2007)43.52
61Bangladesh (2007)39.77
62Sweden (2006)39.46
63Mauritania (2005)39.18
64Moldova (2008)38.91
65East Asia & Pacific (2001)38.22
66Czech Republic (2006)37.37
67Albania (2002)36.58
68Guyana (2007)36.29
69Jamaica (2003)36.17
70Bolivia (2003)36.05
71Costa Rica (2004)35.94
72Qatar (2005)35.82
73Belgium (2006)35.51
74Mexico (2006)35.39
75Brazil (2005)35
76France (2006)33.51
77Finland (2006)33.1
78Latin America & Caribbean (2002)32.52
79El Salvador (2008)31.51
80Thailand (2006)30.53
81Mauritius (2006)29.77
82New Zealand (2007)29.24
83United Kingdom (2006)29.23
84High income: OECD (2006)29.03
85High income (2006)29.03
86Euro area (2006)28.83
87Portugal (2006)28.83
88Aruba (2007)28.62
89Andorra (2006)28.52
90Turkey (2006)28.09
91Burma (2001)27.52
92Laos (2005)27.38
93Malta (2004)27.18
94High income: nonOECD (2003)27.03
95United Arab Emirates (2003)27.03
96Croatia (2003)26.78
97Panama (2004)26.54
98Ireland (2006)26.4
99Iceland (2006)26.24
100Colombia (2008)25.99
101United States (2006)25.35
102Ukraine (2007)25.14
103Australia (2006)24.74
104Greece (2005)24.65
105Paraguay (2004)24.56
106Slovakia (2005)24
107Libya (1999)23.92
108Hungary (2006)23.8
109Macedonia (2002)23.74
110Romania (2005)23.67
111Spain (2006)23.5
112Italy (2006)23.43
113Bulgaria (2006)23.18
114Israel (2006)23.13
115Kyrgyzstan (2007)22.84
116Tajikistan (2008)21.8
117Slovenia (2006)21.59
118Iran (2008)20.72
119Mongolia (2004)20.23
120Japan (2006)19.06
121Guatemala (2007)18.98
122Estonia (2005)18.52
123Poland (2006)18.44
124Upper middle income (2006)18.44
125Europe & Central Asia (2006)18.44
126Belarus (2007)18.13
127Uruguay (2006)18.12
128Lithuania (2006)17
129Macau (2007)16.05
130Russia (2008)16
131Latvia (2006)15.85
132Oman (2005)14.58
133Argentina (2006)14.24
134Lebanon (2008)12.48
135Philippines (2005)11.57
136Chile (2007)11.48
137Georgia (2008)11.36
138Peru (2006)10.87
139South Korea (2006)9.51
140North Korea (2006)9.51
141Azerbaijan (2008)9.25
142Kazakhstan (2007)7.89
143Cayman Islands (2006)0
144Maldives (2008)0
145St. Kitts and Nevis (2003)0
146St. Lucia (2004)0
147Bermuda (2005)0
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