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Country Comparison :: Education expenditures
This entry provides the public expenditure on education as a percent of GDP.
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Rank
 country (% of GDP) Date of Information
1 Kiribati
17.80
2002
2 Cuba
13.60
2008
3 Lesotho
12.40
2008
4 Marshall Islands
12.30
2004
5 Palau
10.30
2002
6 Saint Kitts and Nevis
9.90
2005
7 Uzbekistan
9.40
1991
8 Djibouti
8.70
2007
9 Moldova
8.20
2008
10 Botswana
8.10
2007
11 Maldives
8.10
2008
12 Denmark
7.90
2006
13 Swaziland
7.90
2008
14 Comoros
7.60
2008
15 Iceland
7.50
2007
16 Micronesia, Federated States of
7.30
2000
17 Burundi
7.20
2008
18 Tunisia
7.20
2007
19 Cyprus
7.10
2007
20 Timor-Leste
7.10
2008
21 Kenya
7.00
2006
22 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
7.00
2007
23 Namibia
6.90
2008
24 Vanuatu
6.90
2008
25 Tanzania
6.80
2008
26 Barbados
6.70
2008
27 Norway
6.70
2007
28 Sweden
6.70
2007
29 Kyrgyzstan
6.60
2007
30 Israel
6.40
2007
31 Bolivia
6.30
2006
32 Saint Lucia
6.30
2008
33 Fiji
6.20
2004
34 Jamaica
6.20
2008
35 New Zealand
6.20
2007
36 Belgium
6.10
2007
37 Guyana
6.10
2007
38 Sudan
6.00
1991
39 Cape Verde
5.70
2008
40 Morocco
5.70
2008
41 Saudi Arabia
5.70
2008
42 France
5.60
2006
43 United Kingdom
5.60
2007
44 Ethiopia
5.50
2007
45 Netherlands
5.50
2006
46 United States
5.50
2007
47 Austria
5.40
2007
48 Hungary
5.40
2006
49 South Africa
5.40
2009
50 Samoa
5.40
2008
51 Finland
5.40
2007
52 Ghana
5.40
2005
53 Switzerland
5.30
2007
54 Ukraine
5.30
2007
55 Vietnam
5.30
2008
56 Belarus
5.20
2007
57 Slovenia
5.20
2007
58 Grenada
5.20
2003
59 Guinea-Bissau
5.20
1999
60 Yemen
5.20
2008
61 Brazil
5.20
2007
62 Belize
5.10
2007
63 Bhutan
5.10
2008
64 Senegal
5.10
2008
65 Mongolia
5.10
2007
66 Costa Rica
5.00
2008
67 Latvia
5.00
2007
68 Estonia
5.00
2007
69 Seychelles
5.00
2006
70 Mozambique
5.00
2006
71 Argentina
4.90
2007
72 Jordan
4.90
1999
73 Ireland
4.90
2007
74 Aruba
4.90
2007
75 Canada
4.90
2007
76 Thailand
4.90
2008
77 Syria
4.90
2007
78 Poland
4.90
2007
79 Dominica
4.80
2008
80 Iran
4.80
2008
81 Malta
4.80
2004
82 Mexico
4.80
2007
83 Australia
4.70
2007
84 Tonga
4.70
2004
85 Lithuania
4.70
2007
86 Burkina Faso
4.60
2007
87 Zimbabwe
4.60
2000
88 Czech Republic
4.60
2006
89 Cote d'Ivoire
4.60
2008
90 Malaysia
4.50
2007
91 Serbia
4.50
2007
92 Germany
4.40
2006
93 Spain
4.40
2007
94 Romania
4.40
2007
95 Mauritania
4.40
2008
96 Portugal
4.40
2008
97 Monaco
4.40
2004
98 Algeria
4.30
2008
99 Italy
4.30
2007
100 Korea, South
4.20
2007
101 Malawi
4.20
2003
102 Trinidad and Tobago
4.20
2002
103 Bulgaria
4.10
2007
104 Rwanda
4.10
2008
105 Greece
4.00
2005
106 Paraguay
4.00
2008
107 Oman
4.00
2006
108 Antigua and Barbuda
3.90
2002
109 Russia
3.90
2006
110 Turkmenistan
3.90
1991
111 Colombia
3.90
2008
112 Croatia
3.90
2004
113 Egypt
3.80
2008
114 Sierra Leone
3.80
2005
115 Panama
3.80
2008
116 Nepal
3.80
2008
117 Mali
3.80
2008
118 Kuwait
3.80
2006
119 Honduras
3.80
1991
120 Gabon
3.80
2000
121 Brunei
3.70
2000
122 Venezuela
3.70
2007
123 Togo
3.70
2007
124 Niger
3.70
2008
125 Luxembourg
3.70
2001
126 Japan
3.70
2007
127 Bahamas, The
3.60
2000
128 El Salvador
3.60
2008
129 Slovakia
3.60
2007
130 Benin
3.60
2007
131 Anguilla
3.50
2008
132 Tajikistan
3.50
2008
133 Macedonia
3.50
2002
134 Indonesia
3.50
2007
135 Chile
3.40
2007
136 Mauritius
3.40
2009
137 Hong Kong
3.30
2008
138 Montserrat
3.30
2004
139 Uganda
3.30
2009
140 Qatar
3.30
2005
141 Andorra
3.20
2008
142 India
3.20
2006
143 Guatemala
3.20
2008
144 Singapore
3.20
2009
145 British Virgin Islands
3.20
2007
146 Nicaragua
3.10
2003
147 Armenia
3.00
2007
148 Albania
2.90
2002
149 Bahrain
2.90
2008
150 Cameroon
2.90
2008
151 Georgia
2.90
2008
152 Madagascar
2.90
2008
153 Pakistan
2.90
2008
154 Uruguay
2.90
2006
155 Turkey
2.90
2006
156 Kazakhstan
2.80
2007
157 Liberia
2.70
2008
158 Peru
2.70
2008
159 Libya
2.70
1999
160 Angola
2.60
2006
161 Cayman Islands
2.60
2006
162 Philippines
2.60
2007
163 Bangladesh
2.40
2008
164 Laos
2.30
2008
165 Dominican Republic
2.20
2007
166 Macau
2.20
2008
167 Solomon Islands
2.20
1999
168 Eritrea
2.00
2006
169 Lebanon
2.00
2008
170 Gambia, The
2.00
2004
171 Azerbaijan
1.90
2008
172 China
1.90
1999
173 Chad
1.90
2005
174 Congo, Republic of the
1.90
2005
175 Guinea
1.70
2008
176 Cambodia
1.60
2007
177 Haiti
1.40
1991
178 Zambia
1.40
2008
179 Central African Republic
1.30
2007
180 Bermuda
1.20
2006
181 Burma
1.20
2001
182 Ecuador
1.00
2001
183 Nigeria
0.90
1991
184 United Arab Emirates
0.90
2008
185 Equatorial Guinea
0.60
2003
186 Cook Islands
0.20
2001
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