Rank Order - Education expenditures

Countries for which no information is available are not included in this list.
Rank
Country
Education expenditures
(% of GDP)
Date of Information
1
Kiribati 17.80 2002
2
Lesotho 13.00 2006
3
Marshall Islands 11.80 2004
4
Palau 10.30 2002
5
Yemen 9.60 2001
6
Vanuatu 9.50 2003
7
Uzbekistan 9.40 1991
8
Saint Kitts and Nevis 9.30 2005
9
Cuba 9.10 2006
10
Botswana 8.70 2007
11
Djibouti 8.40 2006
12
Denmark 8.30 2005
13
Guyana 8.30 2006
14
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 8.10 2005
15
Maldives 8.00 2006
16
Iceland 7.60 2004
17
Moldova 7.60 2006
18
Micronesia, Federated States of 7.30 2000
19
Tunisia 7.30 2005
20
Norway 7.20 2005
21
Sweden 7.10 2005
22
Bhutan 7.00 2005
23
Swaziland 7.00 2005
24
Barbados 6.90 2005
25
Israel 6.90 2004
26
Namibia 6.90 2003
27
Kenya 6.90 2006
28
Saudi Arabia 6.80 2004
29
Saint Lucia 6.60 2006
30
Fiji 6.50 2004
31
Seychelles 6.50 2006
32
Bolivia 6.40 2003
33
Finland 6.40 2005
34
Cape Verde 6.30 2006
35
Cyprus 6.30 2004
36
Ukraine 6.30 2006
37
Malaysia 6.20 2004
38
New Zealand 6.20 2006
39
Belarus 6.10 2006
40
Belgium 6.00 2004
41
Slovenia 6.00 2005
42
Sudan 6.00 1991
43
Ethiopia 6.00 2006
44
Malawi 5.80 2003
45
Switzerland 5.80 2005
46
France 5.70 2005
47
United Kingdom 5.60 2005
48
Hungary 5.50 2005
49
Mexico 5.50 2005
50
Portugal 5.50 2005
51
Poland 5.50 2005
52
Austria 5.40 2005
53
South Africa 5.40 2006
54
Ghana 5.40 2005
55
Belize 5.30 2004
56
Jamaica 5.30 2005
57
United States 5.30 2005
58
Netherlands 5.30 2005
59
Brunei 5.20 2000
60
Guinea-Bissau 5.20 1999
61
Uganda 5.20 2004
62
Grenada 5.20 2003
63
Canada 5.20 2002
64
Algeria 5.10 1999
65
Malta 5.10 2004
66
Latvia 5.10 2004
67
Iran 5.10 2006
68
Estonia 5.10 2004
69
Burundi 5.10 2005
70
Dominica 5.00 1999
71
Tonga 5.00 2004
72
Lithuania 5.00 2005
73
Mongolia 5.00 2004
74
Senegal 5.00 2006
75
Mozambique 5.00 2005
76
Costa Rica 4.90 2004
77
Jordan 4.90 1999
78
Kyrgyzstan 4.90 2005
79
Aruba 4.80 2005
80
Colombia 4.70 2006
81
Ireland 4.70 2005
82
Germany 4.60 2004
83
Cote d'Ivoire 4.60 2001
84
Zimbabwe 4.60 2000
85
Korea, South 4.60 2004
86
Australia 4.50 2005
87
Mali 4.50 2006
88
Italy 4.50 2005
89
Croatia 4.50 2004
90
Bulgaria 4.50 2005
91
Benin 4.40 2004
92
Greece 4.40 2005
93
Monaco 4.40 2004
94
Czech Republic 4.40 2004
95
Samoa 4.30 2002
96
Egypt 4.20 2006
97
Spain 4.20 2005
98
Burkina Faso 4.20 2006
99
Thailand 4.20 2005
100
Trinidad and Tobago 4.20 200
101
Anguilla 4.00 2005
102
Turkey 4.00 2004
103
Oman 4.00 2006
104
Paraguay 4.00 2004
105
Brazil 4.00 2004
106
Antigua and Barbuda 3.90 2002
107
Bahrain 3.90 1991
108
Turkmenistan 3.90 1991
109
Syria 3.90 1999
110
Mauritius 3.90 2006
111
Slovakia 3.90 2005
112
Hong Kong 3.90 2006
113
Argentina 3.80 2004
114
Panama 3.80 2004
115
Rwanda 3.80 2005
116
Sierra Leone 3.80 2005
117
Russia 3.80 2005
118
Gabon 3.80 2000
119
Kuwait 3.80 2006
120
Comoros 3.80 2002
121
Honduras 3.80 1991
122
Singapore 3.70 2001
123
British Virgin Islands 3.70 2006
124
Venezuela 3.70 2006
125
Bahamas, The 3.60 2000
126
Dominican Republic 3.60 2006
127
Indonesia 3.60 2006
128
Japan 3.50 2005
129
Romania 3.50 2005
130
Macedonia 3.50 2002
131
Luxembourg 3.40 1999
132
Tajikistan 3.40 2006
133
Nepal 3.40 2003
134
Niger 3.40 2006
135
Solomon Islands 3.30 1999
136
Qatar 3.30 2005
137
Montserrat 3.30 2004
138
Cameroon 3.30 2006
139
Armenia 3.20 2001
140
India 3.20 2005
141
Chile 3.20 2006
142
El Salvador 3.10 2006
143
Nicaragua 3.10 2003
144
Madagascar 3.10 2006
145
Georgia 3.10 2006
146
Laos 3.00 2006
147
Albania 2.90 2002
148
Uruguay 2.90 2006
149
Mauritania 2.90 2006
150
Cayman Islands 2.80 2005
151
Bangladesh 2.70 2005
152
Libya 2.70 1999
153
Lebanon 2.70 2006
154
Guatemala 2.60 2006
155
Pakistan 2.60 2006
156
Togo 2.60 2002
157
Peru 2.50 2006
158
Philippines 2.50 2005
159
Angola 2.40 2005
160
Macau 2.40 2005
161
Eritrea 2.40 2006
162
Andorra 2.30 2006
163
Kazakhstan 2.30 2005
164
Tanzania 2.20 1999
165
Azerbaijan 2.10 2006
166
Gambia, The 2.00 2004
167
Zambia 2.00 2005
168
Chad 1.90 2005
169
Congo, Republic of the 1.90 2005
170
China 1.90 1999
171
Vietnam 1.80 1991
172
Cambodia 1.70 2004
173
Guinea 1.60 2005
174
Central African Republic 1.40 2006
175
Haiti 1.40 1991
176
United Arab Emirates 1.30 2005
177
Bermuda 1.20 2006
178
Burma 1.20 2001
179
Ecuador 1.00 2001
180
Nigeria 0.90 1991
181
Equatorial Guinea 0.60 2003
182
Cook Islands 0.20 2001

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