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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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