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Field Listing :: Education expenditures

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


Akrotiri	NA


Albania	NA


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	2.7% of GDP (2009)


Argentina	4.9% of GDP (2007)


Armenia	3% of GDP (2007)


Aruba	5% of GDP (2008)


Australia	4.5% of GDP (2007)


Austria	5.4% of GDP (2007)


Azerbaijan	2.8% of GDP (2009)


Bahamas, The	NA


Bahrain	2.9% of GDP (2008)


Bangladesh	2.4% of GDP (2008)


Barbados	6.7% of GDP (2008)


Belarus	4.5% of GDP (2009)


Belgium	6.01% of GDP (2007)


Belize	5.7% of GDP (2008)


Benin	3.5% of GDP (2007)


Bermuda	2.6% of GDP (2009)


Bhutan	4.8% of GDP (2008)


Bolivia	6.3% of GDP (2006)


Bosnia and Herzegovina	NA


Botswana	8.9% of GDP (2009)


Brazil	5.08% of GDP (2007)


British Indian Ocean Territory	NA


British Virgin Islands	3.2% of GDP (2007)


Brunei	NA


Bulgaria	4.1% of GDP (2007)


Burkina Faso	4.6% of GDP (2007)


Burma	NA


Burundi	8.3% of GDP (2009)


Cambodia	2.1% of GDP (2009)


Cameroon	3.7% of GDP (2009)


Canada	4.9% of GDP (2007)


Cape Verde	5.9% of GDP (2009)


Cayman Islands	2.6% of GDP (2006)


Central African Republic	1.3% of GDP (2009)


Chad	3.2% of GDP (2009)


Chile	4% of GDP (2008)


China	NA


Christmas Island	NA


Cocos (Keeling) Islands	NA


Colombia	4.8% of GDP (2009)


Comoros	7.6% of GDP (2008)


Congo, Democratic Republic of the	NA


Congo, Republic of the	1.9% of GDP (2005)


Cook Islands	NA


Costa Rica	6.3% of GDP (2009)


Cote d'Ivoire	4.6% of GDP (2008)


Croatia	4.6% of GDP (2009)


Cuba	13.6% of GDP (2008)


Curacao	NA


Cyprus	4.1% of GDP (2007)


Czech Republic	4.2% of GDP (2007)


Denmark	7.8% of GDP (2007)


Dhekelia	NA


Djibouti	8.4% of GDP (2007)


Dominica	4.7% of GDP (2008)


Dominican Republic	2.3% of GDP (2009)


Ecuador	NA


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	4.9% of GDP (2007)


Ethiopia	5.5% of GDP (2007)


Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA


Faroe Islands	NA


Fiji	6.2% of GDP (2004)


Finland	5.9% of GDP (2007)


France	5.6% of GDP (2007)


French Polynesia	NA


Gabon	NA


Gambia, The	2% of GDP (2004)


Gaza Strip	NA


Georgia	3.2% of GDP (2009)


Germany	4.5% of GDP (2007)


Ghana	5.4% of GDP (2005)


Gibraltar	NA


Greece	4% of GDP (2005)


Greenland	NA


Grenada	4.9% of GDP (2003)


Guam	NA


Guatemala	3.2% of GDP (2008)


Guernsey	NA


Guinea	2.4% of GDP (2008)


Guinea-Bissau	NA


Guyana	6.1% of GDP (2007)


Haiti	NA


Honduras	NA


Hong Kong	4.5% of GDP (2009)


Hungary	5.2% of GDP (2007)


Iceland	7.4% of GDP (2007)


India	3.1% of GDP (2006)


Indonesia	2.8% of GDP (2008)


Iran	4.7% of GDP (2009)


Iraq	NA


Ireland	4.9% of GDP (2007)


Isle of Man	NA


Israel	5.9% of GDP (2007)


Italy	4.3% of GDP (2007)


Jamaica	5.8% of GDP (2009)


Japan	3.5% of GDP (2007)


Jersey	NA


Jordan	NA


Kazakhstan	2.8% of GDP (2007)


Kenya	7% of GDP (2006)


Kiribati	NA


Korea, North	NA


Korea, South	4.2% of GDP (2007)


Kosovo	4.3% of GDP (2008)


Kuwait	3.8% of GDP (2006)


Kyrgyzstan	5.9% of GDP (2008)


Laos	2.3% of GDP (2008)


Latvia	5% of GDP (2007)


Lebanon	1.8% of GDP (2009)


Lesotho	12.4% of GDP (2008)


Liberia	2.7% of GDP (2008)


Libya	NA


Liechtenstein	2% of GDP (2007)


Lithuania	4.7% of GDP (2007)


Luxembourg	NA


Macau	2.2% of GDP (2008)


Macedonia	NA


Madagascar	3% of GDP (2009)


Malawi	4.2% of GDP (2003)


Malaysia	4.1% of GDP (2008)


Maldives	11.2% of GDP (2009)


Mali	4.4% of GDP (2009)


Malta	6.4% of GDP (2007)


Marshall Islands	12% of GDP (2004)


Mauritania	4.4% of GDP (2008)


Mauritius	3.2% of GDP (2009)


Mexico	4.8% of GDP (2007)


Micronesia, Federated States of	NA


Moldova	9.6% of GDP (2009)


Monaco	1.2% of GDP (2004)


Mongolia	5.6% of GDP (2009)


Montenegro	NA


Montserrat	3.3% of GDP (2004)


Morocco	5.6% of GDP (2008)


Mozambique	5% of GDP (2006)


Namibia	6.4% of GDP (2008)


Nauru	NA


Nepal	4.6% of GDP (2009)


Netherlands	5.3% of GDP (2007)


New Caledonia	NA


New Zealand	6.1% of GDP (2007)


Nicaragua	3.1% of GDP (2003)


Niger	4.5% of GDP (2009)


Nigeria	NA


Niue	NA


Norfolk Island	NA


Northern Mariana Islands	NA


Norway	6.8% of GDP (2007)


Oman	3.9% of GDP (2006)


Pakistan	2.7% of GDP (2009)


Palau	NA


Panama	3.8% of GDP (2008)


Papua New Guinea	NA


Paraguay	4% of GDP (2008)


Peru	2.7% of GDP (2008)


Philippines	2.8% of GDP (2008)


Pitcairn Islands	NA


Poland	4.9% of GDP (2007)


Portugal	4.4% of GDP (2008)


Puerto Rico	NA


Qatar	3.3% of GDP (2005)


Romania	4.3% of GDP (2007)


Russia	3.9% of GDP (2006)


Rwanda	4.1% of GDP (2008)


Saint Barthelemy	NA


Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	NA


Saint Kitts and Nevis	9.6% of GDP (2005)


Saint Lucia	4.5% of GDP (2009)


Saint Martin	NA


Saint Pierre and Miquelon	NA


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	6.6% of GDP (2009)


Samoa	5.7% of GDP (2008)


San Marino	NA


Sao Tome and Principe	NA


Saudi Arabia	5.6% of GDP (2008)


Senegal	5.8% of GDP (2009)


Serbia	4.7% of GDP (2008)


Seychelles	5% of GDP (2006)


Sierra Leone	4.3% of GDP (2009)


Singapore	3% of GDP (2009)


Sint Maarten	NA


Slovakia	3.6% of GDP (2007)


Slovenia	5.2% of GDP (2007)


Solomon Islands	NA


Somalia	NA


South Africa	5.4% of GDP (2009)


Spain	4.3% of GDP (2007)


Sri Lanka	NA


Sudan	NA


Suriname	NA


Svalbard	NA


Swaziland	7.8% of GDP (2008)


Sweden	6.6% of GDP (2007)


Switzerland	5.2% of GDP (2007)


Syria	4.9% of GDP (2007)


Taiwan	NA


Tajikistan	3.5% of GDP (2008)


Tanzania	6.8% of GDP (2008)


Thailand	4.1% of GDP (2009)


Timor-Leste	16.8% of GDP (2009)


Togo	4.6% of GDP (2009)


Tokelau	NA


Tonga	3.9% of GDP (2004)


Trinidad and Tobago	NA


Tunisia	7.1% of GDP (2007)


Turkey	2.9% of GDP (2006)


Turkmenistan	NA


Turks and Caicos Islands	NA


Tuvalu	NA


Uganda	3.2% of GDP (2009)


Ukraine	5.3% of GDP (2007)


United Arab Emirates	1.2% of GDP (2009)


United Kingdom	5.5% of GDP (2007)


United States	5.5% of GDP (2007)


Uruguay	2.9% of GDP (2006)


Uzbekistan	NA


Vanuatu	4.8% of GDP (2009)


Venezuela	3.7% of GDP (2007)


Vietnam	5.3% of GDP (2008)


Virgin Islands	NA


Wake Island	NA


Wallis and Futuna	NA


West Bank	NA


Western Sahara	NA


World	4.4% of GDP (2007)


Yemen	5.2% of GDP (2008)


Zambia	1.3% of GDP (2008)


Zimbabwe	NA

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