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This entry provides the public expenditure on education as a percent of GDP.
Country Comparison to the World
Country
Education expenditures(% of GDP)
Afghanistan NA
Albania 2.9% of GDP (2002)
Algeria 4.3% of GDP (2008)
American Samoa NA
Andorra 3.2% of GDP (2008)
Angola 2.6% of GDP (2006)
Anguilla 3.5% of GDP (2008)
Antigua and Barbuda 3.9% of GDP (2002)
Argentina 4.9% of GDP (2007)
Armenia 3% of GDP (2007)
Aruba 4.9% of GDP (2007)
Australia 4.7% of GDP (2007)
Austria 5.4% of GDP (2007)
Azerbaijan 1.9% of GDP (2008)
Bahamas, The 3.6% of GDP (2000)
Bahrain 2.9% of GDP (2008)
Bangladesh 2.4% of GDP (2008)
Barbados 6.7% of GDP (2008)
Belarus 5.2% of GDP (2007)
Belgium 6.1% of GDP (2007)
Belize 5.1% of GDP (2007)
Benin 3.6% of GDP (2007)
Bermuda 1.2% of GDP (2006)
Bhutan 5.1% of GDP (2008)
Bolivia 6.3% of GDP (2006)
Bosnia and Herzegovina NA
Botswana 8.1% of GDP (2007)
Brazil 5.2% of GDP (2007)
British Virgin Islands 3.2% of GDP (2007)
Brunei 3.7% of GDP (2000)
Bulgaria 4.1% of GDP (2007)
Burkina Faso 4.6% of GDP (2007)
Burma 1.2% of GDP (2001)
Burundi 7.2% of GDP (2008)
Cambodia 1.6% of GDP (2007)
Cameroon 2.9% of GDP (2008)
Canada 4.9% of GDP (2007)
Cape Verde 5.7% of GDP (2008)
Cayman Islands 2.6% of GDP (2006)
Central African Republic 1.3% of GDP (2007)
Chad 1.9% of GDP (2005)
Chile 3.4% of GDP (2007)
China 1.9% of GDP (1999)
Colombia 3.9% of GDP (2008)
Comoros 7.6% of GDP (2008)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the NA
Congo, Republic of the 1.9% of GDP (2005)
Cook Islands 0.2% of GDP (2001)
Costa Rica 5% of GDP (2008)
Cote d'Ivoire 4.6% of GDP (2008)
Croatia 3.9% of GDP (2004)
Cuba 13.6% of GDP (2008)
Cyprus 7.1% of GDP (2007)
Czech Republic 4.6% of GDP (2006)
Denmark 7.9% of GDP (2006)
Djibouti 8.7% of GDP (2007)
Dominica 4.8% of GDP (2008)
Dominican Republic 2.2% of GDP (2007)
Ecuador 1% of GDP (2001)
Egypt 3.8% of GDP (2008)
El Salvador 3.6% of GDP (2008)
Equatorial Guinea 0.6% of GDP (2003)
Eritrea 2% of GDP (2006)
Estonia 5% of GDP (2007)
Ethiopia 5.5% of GDP (2007)
Fiji 6.2% of GDP (2004)
Finland 5.4% of GDP (2007)
France 5.6% of GDP (2006)
French Polynesia NA
Gabon 3.8% of GDP (2000)
Gambia, The 2% of GDP (2004)
Gaza Strip NA
Georgia 2.9% of GDP (2008)
Germany 4.4% of GDP (2006)
Ghana 5.4% of GDP (2005)
Gibraltar NA
Greece 4% of GDP (2005)
Greenland NA
Grenada 5.2% of GDP (2003)
Guam NA
Guatemala 3.2% of GDP (2008)
Guernsey NA
Guinea 1.7% of GDP (2008)
Guinea-Bissau 5.2% of GDP (1999)
Guyana 6.1% of GDP (2007)
Haiti 1.4% of GDP (1991)
Honduras 3.8% of GDP (1991)
Hong Kong 3.3% of GDP (2008)
Hungary 5.4% of GDP (2006)
Iceland 7.5% of GDP (2007)
India 3.2% of GDP (2006)
Indonesia 3.5% of GDP (2007)
Iran 4.8% of GDP (2008)
Iraq NA
Ireland 4.9% of GDP (2007)
Isle of Man NA
Israel 6.4% of GDP (2007)
Italy 4.3% of GDP (2007)
Jamaica 6.2% of GDP (2008)
Japan 3.7% of GDP (2007)
Jersey NA
Jordan 4.9% of GDP (1999)
Kazakhstan 2.8% of GDP (2007)
Kenya 7% of GDP (2006)
Kiribati 17.8% of GDP (2002)
Korea, North NA
Korea, South 4.2% of GDP (2007)
Kuwait 3.8% of GDP (2006)
Kyrgyzstan 6.6% of GDP (2007)
Laos 2.3% of GDP (2008)
Latvia 5% of GDP (2007)
Lebanon 2% of GDP (2008)
Lesotho 12.4% of GDP (2008)
Liberia 2.7% of GDP (2008)
Libya 2.7% of GDP (1999)
Liechtenstein NA
Lithuania 4.7% of GDP (2007)
Luxembourg 3.7% of GDP (2001)
Macau 2.2% of GDP (2008)
Macedonia 3.5% of GDP (2002)
Madagascar 2.9% of GDP (2008)
Malawi 4.2% of GDP (2003)
Malaysia 4.5% of GDP (2007)
Maldives 8.1% of GDP (2008)
Mali 3.8% of GDP (2008)
Malta 4.8% of GDP (2004)
Marshall Islands 12.3% of GDP (2004)
Mauritania 4.4% of GDP (2008)
Mauritius 3.4% of GDP (2009)
Mayotte NA
Mexico 4.8% of GDP (2007)
Micronesia, Federated States of 7.3% of GDP (2000)
Moldova 8.2% of GDP (2008)
Monaco 4.4% of GDP (2004)
Mongolia 5.1% of GDP (2007)
Montenegro NA
Montserrat 3.3% of GDP (2004)
Morocco 5.7% of GDP (2008)
Mozambique 5% of GDP (2006)
Namibia 6.9% of GDP (2008)
Nauru NA
Nepal 3.8% of GDP (2008)
Netherlands 5.5% of GDP (2006)
Netherlands Antilles NA
New Zealand 6.2% of GDP (2007)
Nicaragua 3.1% of GDP (2003)
Niger 3.7% of GDP (2008)
Nigeria 0.9% of GDP (1991)
Niue NA
Norfolk Island NA
Northern Mariana Islands NA
Norway 6.7% of GDP (2007)
Oman 4% of GDP (2006)
Pakistan 2.9% of GDP (2008)
Palau 10.3% of GDP (2002)
Panama 3.8% of GDP (2008)
Papua New Guinea NA
Paraguay 4% of GDP (2008)
Peru 2.7% of GDP (2008)
Philippines 2.6% of GDP (2007)
Poland 4.9% of GDP (2007)
Portugal 4.4% of GDP (2008)
Puerto Rico NA
Qatar 3.3% of GDP (2005)
Romania 4.4% of GDP (2007)
Russia 3.9% of GDP (2006)
Rwanda 4.1% of GDP (2008)
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha NA
Saint Kitts and Nevis 9.9% of GDP (2005)
Saint Lucia 6.3% of GDP (2008)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon NA
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7% of GDP (2007)
Samoa 5.4% of GDP (2008)
San Marino NA
Sao Tome and Principe NA
Saudi Arabia 5.7% of GDP (2008)
Senegal 5.1% of GDP (2008)
Serbia 4.5% of GDP (2007)
Seychelles 5% of GDP (2006)
Sierra Leone 3.8% of GDP (2005)
Singapore 3.2% of GDP (2009)
Slovakia 3.6% of GDP (2007)
Slovenia 5.2% of GDP (2007)
Solomon Islands 2.2% of GDP (1999)
Somalia NA
South Africa 5.4% of GDP (2009)
Spain 4.4% of GDP (2007)
Sri Lanka NA
Sudan 6% of GDP (1991)
Suriname NA
Swaziland 7.9% of GDP (2008)
Sweden 6.7% of GDP (2007)
Switzerland 5.3% of GDP (2007)
Syria 4.9% of GDP (2007)
Taiwan NA
Tajikistan 3.5% of GDP (2008)
Tanzania 6.8% of GDP (2008)
Thailand 4.9% of GDP (2008)
Timor-Leste 7.1% of GDP (2008)
Togo 3.7% of GDP (2007)
Tokelau NA
Tonga 4.7% of GDP (2004)
Trinidad and Tobago 4.2% of GDP (2002)
Tunisia 7.2% of GDP (2007)
Turkey 2.9% of GDP (2006)
Turkmenistan 3.9% of GDP (1991)
Turks and Caicos Islands NA
Tuvalu NA
Uganda 3.3% of GDP (2009)
Ukraine 5.3% of GDP (2007)
United Arab Emirates 0.9% of GDP (2008)
United Kingdom 5.6% of GDP (2007)
United States 5.5% of GDP (2007)
Uruguay 2.9% of GDP (2006)
Uzbekistan 9.4% of GDP (1991)
Vanuatu 6.9% of GDP (2008)
Venezuela 3.7% of GDP (2007)
Vietnam 5.3% of GDP (2008)
Virgin Islands NA
West Bank NA
Yemen 5.2% of GDP (2008)
Zambia 1.4% of GDP (2008)
Zimbabwe 4.6% of GDP (2000)
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