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Country Comparison to the World Country Education expenditures(% of GDP) Afghanistan NA Albania NA Algeria 4.3% of GDP (2008) American Samoa NA Andorra 2.9% of GDP (2010) Angola 3.5% of GDP (2010) Anguilla 3.5% of GDP (2008) Antigua and Barbuda 2.5% of GDP (2009) Argentina 5.8% of GDP (2010) Armenia 3.2% of GDP (2010) Aruba 6.7% of GDP (2010) Australia 5.1% of GDP (2009) Austria 6% of GDP (2009) Azerbaijan 2.8% of GDP (2010) Bahamas, The NA Bahrain 2.9% of GDP (2008) Bangladesh 2.2% of GDP (2009) Barbados 7.5% of GDP (2010) Belarus 5.3% of GDP (2011) Belgium 6.6% of GDP (2009) Belize 6.6% of GDP (2010) Benin 5.4% of GDP (2010) Bermuda 2.6% of GDP (2010) Bhutan 4.7% of GDP (2011) Bolivia 7.6% of GDP (2010) Bosnia and Herzegovina NA Botswana 7.8% of GDP (2009) Brazil 5.6% of GDP (2009) British Virgin Islands 4.3% of GDP (2010) Brunei 3.3% of GDP (2012) Bulgaria 4.6% of GDP (2009) Burkina Faso 4% of GDP (2010) Burma 0.8% of GDP (2011) Burundi 6.1% of GDP (2011) Cabo Verde 5.6% of GDP (2010) Cambodia 2.6% of GDP (2010) Cameroon 3.2% of GDP (2011) Canada 5% of GDP (2009) Cayman Islands NA Central African Republic 1.2% of GDP (2011) Chad 2.9% of GDP (2011) Chile 4.2% of GDP (2010) China NA Colombia 4.5% of GDP (2011) Comoros 7.6% of GDP (2008) Congo, Democratic Republic of the 2.5% of GDP (2010) Congo, Republic of the 6.2% of GDP (2010) Cook Islands 3.2% of GDP (2011) Costa Rica 6.3% of GDP (2009) Cote d'Ivoire 4.6% of GDP (2008) Croatia 4.4% of GDP (2009) Cuba 12.9% of GDP (2010) Cyprus 7.9% of GDP (2009) Czech Republic 4.4% of GDP (2009) Denmark 8.7% of GDP (2009) Djibouti 8.4% of GDP (2007) Dominica 3.5% of GDP (2010) Dominican Republic 2.2% of GDP (2007) Ecuador 4.9% of GDP (2010) Egypt 3.8% of GDP (2008) El Salvador 3.4% of GDP (2011) Equatorial Guinea 0.6% of GDP (2003) Eritrea 2.1% of GDP (2006) Estonia 6.1% of GDP (2009) Ethiopia 4.7% of GDP (2010) Fiji 4.1% of GDP (2011) Finland 6.8% of GDP (2009) France 5.9% of GDP (2009) French Polynesia NA Gabon NA Gambia, The 3.9% of GDP (2011) Gaza Strip NA Georgia 2.7% of GDP (2011) Germany 5.1% of GDP (2009) Ghana 8.2% of GDP (2011) Gibraltar NA Greece 4.1% of GDP (2005) Greenland NA Grenada 3.9% of GDP (2003) Guam NA Guatemala 2.8% of GDP (2010) Guernsey NA Guinea 3.1% of GDP (2011) Guinea-Bissau NA Guyana 3.6% of GDP (2011) Haiti NA Honduras NA Hong Kong 3.4% of GDP (2011) Hungary 5.1% of GDP (2009) Iceland 7.8% of GDP (2009) India 3.3% of GDP (2010) Indonesia 3% of GDP (2010) Iran 4.7% of GDP (2010) Iraq NA Ireland 6.5% of GDP (2009) Isle of Man NA Israel 5.9% of GDP (2009) Italy 4.7% of GDP (2009) Jamaica 6.4% of GDP (2010) Japan 3.8% of GDP (2010) Jersey NA Jordan NA Kazakhstan 3.1% of GDP (2009) Kenya 6.7% of GDP (2010) Kiribati 11.6% of GDP (2002) Korea, North NA Korea, South 5.1% of GDP (2009) Kosovo 4.3% of GDP (2008) Kuwait 3.8% of GDP (2006) Kyrgyzstan 5.8% of GDP (2010) Laos 3.3% of GDP (2010) Latvia 5% of GDP (2010) Lebanon 1.7% of GDP (2011) Lesotho 13% of GDP (2008) Liberia 2.8% of GDP (2008) Libya NA Liechtenstein 2.1% of GDP (2008) Lithuania 5.7% of GDP (2009) Luxembourg 3.8% of GDP (2001) Macau 2.6% of GDP (2010) Macedonia NA Madagascar 2.8% of GDP (2011) Malawi 5.4% of GDP (2011) Malaysia 5.1% of GDP (2010) Maldives 7.2% of GDP (2011) Mali 4.8% of GDP (2011) Malta 5.4% of GDP (2009) Marshall Islands 12.2% of GDP (2004) Mauritania 3.9% of GDP (2011) Mauritius 3.7% of GDP (2010) Mexico 5.3% of GDP (2009) Micronesia, Federated States of NA Moldova 8.6% of GDP (2011) Monaco 1.2% of GDP (2009) Mongolia 5.5% of GDP (2011) Montenegro NA Montserrat 5.8% of GDP (2009) Morocco 5.4% of GDP (2009) Mozambique 5% of GDP (2006) Namibia 8.3% of GDP (2010) Nauru NA Nepal 4.7% of GDP (2010) Netherlands 5.9% of GDP (2009) New Caledonia NA New Zealand 7.2% of GDP (2010) Nicaragua 4.7% of GDP (2010) Niger 4.5% of GDP (2011) Nigeria NA Niue NA Norfolk Island NA Northern Mariana Islands NA Norway 7.3% of GDP (2009) Oman 4.3% of GDP (2009) Pakistan 2.4% of GDP (2010) Palau 10.3% of GDP (2002) Panama 4.1% of GDP (2011) Papua New Guinea NA Paraguay 4.1% of GDP (2010) Peru 2.6% of GDP (2011) Philippines 2.7% of GDP (2009) Poland 5.1% of GDP (2009) Portugal 5.8% of GDP (2009) Puerto Rico NA Qatar 2.5% of GDP (2008) Romania 4.3% of GDP (2009) Russia 4.1% of GDP (2008) Rwanda 4.8% of GDP (2011) Saint Barthelemy NA Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha NA Saint Kitts and Nevis 4.2% of GDP (2007) Saint Lucia 4.4% of GDP (2011) Saint Martin NA Saint Pierre and Miquelon NA Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5.1% of GDP (2010) Samoa 5.8% of GDP (2008) San Marino NA Sao Tome and Principe NA Saudi Arabia 5.6% of GDP (2008) Senegal 5.6% of GDP (2010) Serbia 4.7% of GDP (2010) Seychelles 4.8% of GDP (2006) Sierra Leone 3.6% of GDP (2011) Singapore 3.3% of GDP (2012) Sint Maarten NA Slovakia 4.1% of GDP (2009) Slovenia 5.7% of GDP (2009) Solomon Islands 7.3% of GDP (2010) Somalia NA South Africa 6% of GDP (2010) Spain 5% of GDP (2009) Sri Lanka 2% of GDP (2010) Sudan NA Suriname NA Svalbard NA Swaziland 8.2% of GDP (2011) Sweden 7.3% of GDP (2009) Switzerland 5.4% of GDP (2009) Syria 5.1% of GDP (2009) Taiwan NA Tajikistan 3.9% of GDP (2011) Tanzania 6.2% of GDP (2009) Thailand 3.8% of GDP (2010) Timor-Leste 10.1% of GDP (2011) Togo 4.6% of GDP (2011) Tokelau NA Tonga 3.9% of GDP (2004) Trinidad and Tobago NA Tunisia 6.2% of GDP (2010) Turkey 2.9% of GDP (2006) Turkmenistan NA Turks and Caicos Islands NA Tuvalu NA Uganda 3.3% of GDP (2012) Ukraine 5.3% of GDP (2007) United Arab Emirates 1.1% of GDP (2004) United Kingdom 5.6% of GDP (2009) United States 5.4% of GDP (2009) Uruguay 2.9% of GDP (2006) Uzbekistan NA Vanuatu 5.2% of GDP (2009) Venezuela 3.6% of GDP (2007) Vietnam 6.6% of GDP (2010) Virgin Islands NA Wallis and Futuna NA West Bank NA Western Sahara NA Yemen 5.2% of GDP (2008) Zambia 1.4% of GDP (2008) Zimbabwe 2.5% of GDP (2011)