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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
2009
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
6.00
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 Seychelles
5.00
2006
56 Latvia
5.00
2007
57 Aruba
5.00
2008
58 Mozambique
5.00
2006
59 Brazil
5.00
2007
60 Grenada
4.90
2003
61 Estonia
4.90
2007
62 Ireland
4.90
2007
63 Argentina
4.90
2007
64 Canada
4.90
2007
65 Poland
4.90
2007
66 Syria
4.90
2007
67 Bhutan
4.80
2008
68 Vanuatu
4.80
2009
69 Mexico
4.80
2007
70 Colombia
4.80
2009
71 Iran
4.70
2009
72 Dominica
4.70
2008
73 Serbia
4.70
2008
74 Lithuania
4.70
2007
75 Burkina Faso
4.60
2007
76 Croatia
4.60
2009
77 Cote d'Ivoire
4.60
2008
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 Mali
4.40
2009
87 Mauritania
4.40
2008
88 Portugal
4.40
2008
89 Algeria
4.30
2008
90 Italy
4.30
2007
91 Kosovo
4.30
2008
92 Romania
4.30
2007
93 Sierra Leone
4.30
2009
94 Spain
4.30
2007
95 Korea, South
4.20
2007
96 Czech Republic
4.20
2007
97 Malawi
4.20
2003
98 Malaysia
4.10
2008
99 Cyprus
4.10
2007
100 Bulgaria
4.10
2007
101 Rwanda
4.10
2008
102 Thailand
4.10
2009
103 Chile
4.00
2008
104 Greece
4.00
2005
105 Paraguay
4.00
2008
106 Tonga
3.90
2004
107 Russia
3.90
2006
108 Oman
3.90
2006
109 Egypt
3.80
2008
110 Panama
3.80
2008
111 Kuwait
3.80
2006
112 Venezuela
3.70
2007
113 Cameroon
3.70
2009
114 Slovakia
3.60
2007
115 El Salvador
3.60
2008
116 Benin
3.50
2007
117 Japan
3.50
2007
118 Tajikistan
3.50
2008
119 Anguilla
3.50
2008
120 Qatar
3.30
2005
121 Montserrat
3.30
2004
122 Andorra
3.20
2008
123 Uganda
3.20
2009
124 Chad
3.20
2009
125 Guatemala
3.20
2008
126 British Virgin Islands
3.20
2007
127 Mauritius
3.20
2009
128 Georgia
3.20
2009
129 India
3.10
2006
130 Nicaragua
3.10
2003
131 Singapore
3.00
2009
132 Madagascar
3.00
2009
133 Armenia
3.00
2007
134 Uruguay
2.90
2006
135 Bahrain
2.90
2008
136 Turkey
2.90
2006
137 Kazakhstan
2.80
2007
138 Philippines
2.80
2008
139 Indonesia
2.80
2008
140 Azerbaijan
2.80
2009
141 Antigua and Barbuda
2.70
2009
142 Pakistan
2.70
2009
143 Peru
2.70
2008
144 Liberia
2.70
2008
145 Cayman Islands
2.60
2006
146 Bermuda
2.60
2009
147 Angola
2.60
2006
148 Bangladesh
2.40
2008
149 Guinea
2.40
2008
150 Laos
2.30
2008
151 Dominican Republic
2.30
2009
152 Macau
2.20
2008
153 Cambodia
2.10
2009
154 Gambia, The
2.00
2004
155 Eritrea
2.00
2006
156 Liechtenstein
2.00
2007
157 Congo, Republic of the
1.90
2005
158 Lebanon
1.80
2009
159 Zambia
1.30
2008
160 Central African Republic
1.30
2009
161 United Arab Emirates
1.20
2009
162 Monaco
1.20
2004
163 Equatorial Guinea
0.60
2003
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