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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 Timor-Leste
16.80
2009
2 Cuba
13.60
2008
3 Lesotho
12.40
2008
4 Marshall Islands
12.00
2004
5 Maldives
11.20
2009
6 Saint Kitts and Nevis
9.60
2005
7 Moldova
9.60
2009
8 Botswana
8.90
2009
9 Djibouti
8.40
2007
10 Burundi
8.30
2009
11 Denmark
7.80
2007
12 Swaziland
7.80
2008
13 Comoros
7.60
2008
14 Iceland
7.40
2007
15 Tunisia
7.10
2007
16 Kenya
7.00
2006
17 Tanzania
6.80
2008
18 Norway
6.80
2007
19 Barbados
6.70
2008
20 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
6.60
2009
21 Sweden
6.60
2007
22 Malta
6.40
2007
23 Namibia
6.40
2008
24 Costa Rica
6.30
2009
25 Bolivia
6.30
2006
26 Fiji
6.20
2004
27 New Zealand
6.10
2007
28 Guyana
6.10
2007
29 Belgium
6.01
2007
30 Israel
5.90
2007
31 Kyrgyzstan
5.90
2008
32 Cape Verde
5.90
2009
33 Finland
5.90
2007
34 Senegal
5.80
2009
35 Jamaica
5.80
2009
36 Belize
5.70
2008
37 Samoa
5.70
2008
38 France
5.60
2007
39 Mongolia
5.60
2009
40 Saudi Arabia
5.60
2008
41 Morocco
5.60
2008
42 Ethiopia
5.50
2007
43 United States
5.50
2007
44 United Kingdom
5.50
2007
45 South Africa
5.40
2009
46 Ghana
5.40
2005
47 Austria
5.40
2007
48 Ukraine
5.30
2007
49 Vietnam
5.30
2008
50 Netherlands
5.30
2007
51 Slovenia
5.20
2007
52 Hungary
5.20
2007
53 Switzerland
5.20
2007
54 Yemen
5.20
2008
55 Brazil
5.08
2007
56 Seychelles
5.00
2006
57 Latvia
5.00
2007
58 Aruba
5.00
2008
59 Mozambique
5.00
2006
60 Syria
4.90
2007
61 Argentina
4.90
2007
62 Poland
4.90
2007
63 Grenada
4.90
2003
64 Estonia
4.90
2007
65 Ireland
4.90
2007
66 Canada
4.90
2007
67 Vanuatu
4.80
2009
68 Colombia
4.80
2009
69 Bhutan
4.80
2008
70 Mexico
4.80
2007
71 Dominica
4.70
2008
72 Iran
4.70
2009
73 Serbia
4.70
2008
74 Lithuania
4.70
2007
75 Croatia
4.60
2009
76 Cote d'Ivoire
4.60
2008
77 Burkina Faso
4.60
2007
78 Togo
4.60
2009
79 Nepal
4.60
2009
80 Hong Kong
4.50
2009
81 Australia
4.50
2007
82 Germany
4.50
2007
83 Belarus
4.50
2009
84 Niger
4.50
2009
85 Saint Lucia
4.50
2009
86 Mauritania
4.40
2008
87 World
4.40
2007
88 Mali
4.40
2009
89 Portugal
4.40
2008
90 Algeria
4.30
2008
91 Italy
4.30
2007
92 Kosovo
4.30
2008
93 Romania
4.30
2007
94 Sierra Leone
4.30
2009
95 Spain
4.30
2007
96 Korea, South
4.20
2007
97 Czech Republic
4.20
2007
98 Malawi
4.20
2003
99 Malaysia
4.10
2008
100 Cyprus
4.10
2007
101 Bulgaria
4.10
2007
102 Rwanda
4.10
2008
103 Thailand
4.10
2009
104 Chile
4.00
2008
105 Greece
4.00
2005
106 Paraguay
4.00
2008
107 Tonga
3.90
2004
108 Russia
3.90
2006
109 Oman
3.90
2006
110 Egypt
3.80
2008
111 Panama
3.80
2008
112 Kuwait
3.80
2006
113 Venezuela
3.70
2007
114 Cameroon
3.70
2009
115 Slovakia
3.60
2007
116 El Salvador
3.60
2008
117 Benin
3.50
2007
118 Japan
3.50
2007
119 Tajikistan
3.50
2008
120 Anguilla
3.50
2008
121 Qatar
3.30
2005
122 Montserrat
3.30
2004
123 Andorra
3.20
2008
124 Uganda
3.20
2009
125 Chad
3.20
2009
126 Guatemala
3.20
2008
127 British Virgin Islands
3.20
2007
128 Mauritius
3.20
2009
129 Georgia
3.20
2009
130 India
3.10
2006
131 Nicaragua
3.10
2003
132 Singapore
3.00
2009
133 Madagascar
3.00
2009
134 Armenia
3.00
2007
135 Uruguay
2.90
2006
136 Bahrain
2.90
2008
137 Turkey
2.90
2006
138 Kazakhstan
2.80
2007
139 Philippines
2.80
2008
140 Indonesia
2.80
2008
141 Azerbaijan
2.80
2009
142 Antigua and Barbuda
2.70
2009
143 Pakistan
2.70
2009
144 Peru
2.70
2008
145 Liberia
2.70
2008
146 Cayman Islands
2.60
2006
147 Bermuda
2.60
2009
148 Angola
2.60
2006
149 Bangladesh
2.40
2008
150 Guinea
2.40
2008
151 Laos
2.30
2008
152 Dominican Republic
2.30
2009
153 Macau
2.20
2008
154 Cambodia
2.10
2009
155 Gambia, The
2.00
2004
156 Eritrea
2.00
2006
157 Liechtenstein
2.00
2007
158 Congo, Republic of the
1.90
2005
159 Lebanon
1.80
2009
160 Zambia
1.30
2008
161 Central African Republic
1.30
2009
162 United Arab Emirates
1.20
2009
163 Monaco
1.20
2004
164 Equatorial Guinea
0.60
2003
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