Country Comparison
:: Education expenditures
This entry provides the public expenditure on education as a percent of GDP.
Rank
country
(% of GDP)
Date of Information
1
Kiribati
17.80
2002
2
Cuba
13.60
2008
3
Lesotho
12.40
2008
4
Marshall Islands
12.30
2004
5
Palau
10.30
2002
6
Saint Kitts and Nevis
9.90
2005
7
Uzbekistan
9.40
1991
8
Djibouti
8.70
2007
9
Moldova
8.20
2008
10
Botswana
8.10
2007
11
Maldives
8.10
2008
12
Denmark
7.90
2006
13
Swaziland
7.90
2008
14
Comoros
7.60
2008
15
Iceland
7.50
2007
16
Micronesia, Federated States of
7.30
2000
17
Burundi
7.20
2008
18
Tunisia
7.20
2007
19
Cyprus
7.10
2007
20
Timor-Leste
7.10
2008
21
Kenya
7.00
2006
22
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
7.00
2007
23
Namibia
6.90
2008
24
Vanuatu
6.90
2008
25
Tanzania
6.80
2008
26
Barbados
6.70
2008
27
Norway
6.70
2007
28
Sweden
6.70
2007
29
Kyrgyzstan
6.60
2007
30
Israel
6.40
2007
31
Bolivia
6.30
2006
32
Saint Lucia
6.30
2008
33
Fiji
6.20
2004
34
Jamaica
6.20
2008
35
New Zealand
6.20
2007
36
Belgium
6.10
2007
37
Guyana
6.10
2007
38
Sudan
6.00
1991
39
Cape Verde
5.70
2008
40
Morocco
5.70
2008
41
Saudi Arabia
5.70
2008
42
France
5.60
2006
43
United Kingdom
5.60
2007
44
Ethiopia
5.50
2007
45
Netherlands
5.50
2006
46
United States
5.50
2007
47
Austria
5.40
2007
48
Hungary
5.40
2006
49
South Africa
5.40
2009
50
Samoa
5.40
2008
51
Finland
5.40
2007
52
Ghana
5.40
2005
53
Switzerland
5.30
2007
54
Ukraine
5.30
2007
55
Vietnam
5.30
2008
56
Belarus
5.20
2007
57
Slovenia
5.20
2007
58
Grenada
5.20
2003
59
Guinea-Bissau
5.20
1999
60
Yemen
5.20
2008
61
Brazil
5.20
2007
62
Belize
5.10
2007
63
Bhutan
5.10
2008
64
Senegal
5.10
2008
65
Mongolia
5.10
2007
66
Costa Rica
5.00
2008
67
Latvia
5.00
2007
68
Estonia
5.00
2007
69
Seychelles
5.00
2006
70
Mozambique
5.00
2006
71
Argentina
4.90
2007
72
Jordan
4.90
1999
73
Ireland
4.90
2007
74
Aruba
4.90
2007
75
Canada
4.90
2007
76
Thailand
4.90
2008
77
Syria
4.90
2007
78
Poland
4.90
2007
79
Dominica
4.80
2008
80
Iran
4.80
2008
81
Malta
4.80
2004
82
Mexico
4.80
2007
83
Australia
4.70
2007
84
Tonga
4.70
2004
85
Lithuania
4.70
2007
86
Burkina Faso
4.60
2007
87
Zimbabwe
4.60
2000
88
Czech Republic
4.60
2006
89
Cote d'Ivoire
4.60
2008
90
Malaysia
4.50
2007
91
Serbia
4.50
2007
92
Germany
4.40
2006
93
Spain
4.40
2007
94
Romania
4.40
2007
95
Mauritania
4.40
2008
96
Portugal
4.40
2008
97
Monaco
4.40
2004
98
Algeria
4.30
2008
99
Italy
4.30
2007
100
Korea, South
4.20
2007
101
Malawi
4.20
2003
102
Trinidad and Tobago
4.20
2002
103
Bulgaria
4.10
2007
104
Rwanda
4.10
2008
105
Greece
4.00
2005
106
Paraguay
4.00
2008
107
Oman
4.00
2006
108
Antigua and Barbuda
3.90
2002
109
Russia
3.90
2006
110
Turkmenistan
3.90
1991
111
Colombia
3.90
2008
112
Croatia
3.90
2004
113
Egypt
3.80
2008
114
Sierra Leone
3.80
2005
115
Panama
3.80
2008
116
Nepal
3.80
2008
117
Mali
3.80
2008
118
Kuwait
3.80
2006
119
Honduras
3.80
1991
120
Gabon
3.80
2000
121
Brunei
3.70
2000
122
Venezuela
3.70
2007
123
Togo
3.70
2007
124
Niger
3.70
2008
125
Luxembourg
3.70
2001
126
Japan
3.70
2007
127
Bahamas, The
3.60
2000
128
El Salvador
3.60
2008
129
Slovakia
3.60
2007
130
Benin
3.60
2007
131
Anguilla
3.50
2008
132
Tajikistan
3.50
2008
133
Macedonia
3.50
2002
134
Indonesia
3.50
2007
135
Chile
3.40
2007
136
Mauritius
3.40
2009
137
Hong Kong
3.30
2008
138
Montserrat
3.30
2004
139
Uganda
3.30
2009
140
Qatar
3.30
2005
141
Andorra
3.20
2008
142
India
3.20
2006
143
Guatemala
3.20
2008
144
Singapore
3.20
2009
145
British Virgin Islands
3.20
2007
146
Nicaragua
3.10
2003
147
Armenia
3.00
2007
148
Albania
2.90
2002
149
Bahrain
2.90
2008
150
Cameroon
2.90
2008
151
Georgia
2.90
2008
152
Madagascar
2.90
2008
153
Pakistan
2.90
2008
154
Uruguay
2.90
2006
155
Turkey
2.90
2006
156
Kazakhstan
2.80
2007
157
Liberia
2.70
2008
158
Peru
2.70
2008
159
Libya
2.70
1999
160
Angola
2.60
2006
161
Cayman Islands
2.60
2006
162
Philippines
2.60
2007
163
Bangladesh
2.40
2008
164
Laos
2.30
2008
165
Dominican Republic
2.20
2007
166
Macau
2.20
2008
167
Solomon Islands
2.20
1999
168
Eritrea
2.00
2006
169
Lebanon
2.00
2008
170
Gambia, The
2.00
2004
171
Azerbaijan
1.90
2008
172
China
1.90
1999
173
Chad
1.90
2005
174
Congo, Republic of the
1.90
2005
175
Guinea
1.70
2008
176
Cambodia
1.60
2007
177
Haiti
1.40
1991
178
Zambia
1.40
2008
179
Central African Republic
1.30
2007
180
Bermuda
1.20
2006
181
Burma
1.20
2001
182
Ecuador
1.00
2001
183
Nigeria
0.90
1991
184
United Arab Emirates
0.90
2008
185
Equatorial Guinea
0.60
2003
186
Cook Islands
0.20
2001