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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