COUNTRY COMPARISON :: EDUCATION EXPENDITURES

Education expenditures com pares the public expenditure on education as a percent of GDP.

Rank

Country

(% OF GDP) Date of Information

LESOTHO

13.00

2008

CUBA

12.80

2010

MARSHALL ISLANDS

12.20

2003

KIRIBATI

12.00

2001

BOTSWANA

9.50

2009

SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE

9.50

2010

TIMOR-LESTE

9.40

2011

DENMARK

8.70

2009

NAMIBIA

8.40

2010

10

MOLDOVA

8.40

2012

11

DJIBOUTI

8.40

2007

12

SWAZILAND

8.30

2011

13

GHANA

8.10

2011

14

ICELAND

7.60

2010

15

COMOROS

7.60

2008

16

NEW ZEALAND

7.40

2012

17

PALAU

7.30

2002

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SOLOMON ISLANDS

7.30

2010

19

CYPRUS

7.30

2010

20

SWEDEN

7.00

2010

21

NORWAY

6.90

2010

22

VENEZUELA

6.90

2009

23

MALTA

6.90

2010

24

BOLIVIA

6.90

2011

25

KYRGYZSTAN

6.80

2011

26

MALDIVES

6.80

2011

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FINLAND

6.80

2010

28

KENYA

6.70

2010

29

BELIZE

6.60

2010

30

BELGIUM

6.60

2010

31

IRELAND

6.40

2010

32

ARGENTINA

6.30

2011

33

VIETNAM

6.30

2010

34

COSTA RICA

6.30

2009

35

UKRAINE

6.20

2011

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UNITED KINGDOM

6.20

2010

37

TANZANIA

6.20

2010

38

TUNISIA

6.20

2012

39

CONGO, REPUBLIC OF THE

6.20

2010

40

JAMAICA

6.10

2012

41

ARUBA

6.00

2011

42

SOUTH AFRICA

6.00

2010

43

FRANCE

5.90

2010

44

AUSTRIA

5.90

2010

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NETHERLANDS

5.90

2011

46

MALAYSIA

5.90

2011

47

THAILAND

5.80

2011

48

SAMOA

5.80

2008

49

BRAZIL

5.80

2010

50

BURUNDI

5.80

2012

51

SLOVENIA

5.70

2010

52

ESTONIA

5.70

2010

53

SENEGAL

5.60

2010

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BARBADOS

5.60

2012

55

PORTUGAL

5.60

2010

56

AUSTRALIA

5.60

2010

57

ISRAEL

5.60

2011

58

MONGOLIA

5.50

2011

59

MOROCCO

5.40

2009

60

MALAWI

5.40

2011

61

LITHUANIA

5.40

2010

62

CANADA

5.40

2011

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UNITED STATES

5.40

2010

64

BENIN

5.30

2010

65

POLAND

5.20

2010

66

SWITZERLAND

5.20

2010

67

YEMEN

5.20

2008

68

SAUDI ARABIA

5.10

2008

69

SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES

5.10

2010

70

SYRIA

5.10

2009

71

BELARUS

5.10

2012

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MEXICO

5.10

2009

73

RWANDA

5.10

2013

74

GERMANY

5.10

2010

75

KOREA, SOUTH

5.00

2009

76

CABO VERDE

5.00

2011

77

LATVIA

5.00

2010

78

MOZAMBIQUE

5.00

2006

79

VANUATU

5.00

2009

80

SPAIN

5.00

2010

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HUNGARY

4.90

2010

82

SERBIA

4.80

2011

83

MALI

4.80

2011

84

PARAGUAY

4.80

2011

85

ETHIOPIA

4.70

2010

86

BHUTAN

4.70

2011

87

NEPAL

4.70

2010

88

NICARAGUA

4.60

2010

89

COTE D'IVOIRE

4.60

2008

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CHILE

4.50

2012

91

TOGO

4.50

2011

92

URUGUAY

4.50

2011

93

ITALY

4.50

2010

94

ECUADOR

4.40

2012

95

COLOMBIA

4.40

2012

96

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS

4.40

2010

97

ALGERIA

4.30

2008

98

KOSOVO

4.30

2008

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CROATIA

4.30

2010

100

OMAN

4.30

2009

101

NIGER

4.20

2011

102

FIJI

4.20

2011

103

SLOVAKIA

4.20

2010

104

ROMANIA

4.20

2009

105

SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS

4.20

2007

106

CZECH REPUBLIC

4.20

2010

107

SAINT LUCIA

4.10

2012

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BULGARIA

4.10

2010

109

GAMBIA, THE

4.10

2012

110

RUSSIA

4.10

2008

111

GREECE

4.10

2005

112

GRENADA

3.90

2003

113

TONGA

3.90

2004

114

TAJIKISTAN

3.90

2011

115

JAPAN

3.80

2011

116

KUWAIT

3.80

2006

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EGYPT

3.80

2008

118

LUXEMBOURG

3.70

2001

119

IRAN

3.70

2012

120

MAURITANIA

3.70

2011

121

SEYCHELLES

3.60

2011

122

PANAMA

3.50

2011

123

MAURITIUS

3.50

2012

124

HONG KONG

3.50

2012

125

DOMINICA

3.50

2010

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BRUNEI

3.50

2013

127

ANGOLA

3.50

2010

128

BURKINA FASO

3.40

2011

129

EL SALVADOR

3.40

2011

130

ALBANIA

3.30

2007

131

UGANDA

3.30

2012

132

ARMENIA

3.30

2012

133

CAMEROON

3.20

2011

134

INDIA

3.20

2011

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TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

3.20

2003

136

GUYANA

3.20

2012

137

COOK ISLANDS

3.10

2011

138

KAZAKHSTAN

3.10

2009

139

GUATEMALA

3.00

2012

140

SINGAPORE

3.00

2013

141

SIERRA LEONE

2.90

2012

142

TURKEY

2.90

2006

143

INDONESIA

2.80

2011

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LIBERIA

2.80

2012

145

PERU

2.80

2012

146

ANGUILLA

2.80

2008

147

LAOS

2.80

2010

148

MACAU

2.70

2011

149

PHILIPPINES

2.70

2009

150

MADAGASCAR

2.70

2012

151

BERMUDA

2.60

2010

152

CAMBODIA

2.60

2010

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BAHRAIN

2.60

2012

154

QATAR

2.50

2008

155

ZIMBABWE

2.50

2010

156

GUINEA

2.50

2012

157

CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE

2.50

2010

158

AZERBAIJAN

2.40

2011

159

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

2.40

2009

160

CHAD

2.30

2011

161

BANGLADESH

2.20

2009

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LEBANON

2.20

2012

163

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

2.20

2012

164

PAKISTAN

2.10

2012

165

ERITREA

2.10

2006

166

LIECHTENSTEIN

2.10

2008

167

GEORGIA

2.00

2012

168

SRI LANKA

1.70

2012

169

MONACO

1.60

2011

170

ZAMBIA

1.30

2008

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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

1.20

2011

172

BURMA

0.80

2011

173

EQUATORIAL GUINEA

0.60

2002