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Government expenditure on education total percentage of GDP

General government expenditure on education (current, capital, and transfers) is expressed as a percentage of GDP. It includes expenditure funded by transfers from international sources to government. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments.Source:
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Country
Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP)Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP)Year
1
American Samoa
14.63%
2006
2
Cuba
12.84%
2010
3
Federated States of Micronesia
12.46%
2015
4
Marshall Islands
12.24%
2003
5
Kiribati
11.99%
2001
6
Grenada
10.29%
2016
7
Solomon Islands
9.86%
2010
8
Botswana
9.63%
2009
9
Iceland
7.71%
2015
10
Denmark
7.63%
2014
11
Palau
7.58%
2002
12
Norway
7.55%
2015
13
Sweden
7.55%
2015
14
Zimbabwe
7.53%
2014
15
Costa Rica
7.43%
2017
16
Papua New Guinea
7.39%
1977
17
Bolivia
7.29%
2014
18
Kyrgyzstan
7.21%
2017
19
Swaziland
7.13%
2014
20
Finland
7.09%
2015
21
Belize
7.09%
2017
22
Bhutan
7.05%
2017
23
Venezuela
6.87%
2009
24
Moldova
6.68%
2017
25
Oman
6.67%
2017
26
Tunisia
6.6%
2015
27
Belgium
6.55%
2015
28
Mozambique
6.48%
2013
29
Uzbekistan
6.41%
2017
30
Cyprus
6.38%
2015
31
Lesotho
6.36%
2018
32
Virgin Islands (British)
6.32%
2015
33
New Zealand
6.3%
2016
34
Guyana
6.25%
2017
35
Brazil
6.24%
2015
36
Senegal
6.2%
2017
37
Aruba
6.14%
2016
38
South Africa
6.13%
2017
39
Puerto Rico
6.07%
2014
40
Honduras
5.96%
2017
41
Israel
5.88%
2015
42
Czech Republic
5.79%
2015
43
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
5.75%
2017
44
Saint Lucia
5.71%
2016
45
Vietnam
5.65%
2013
46
Argentina
5.57%
2016
47
United Kingdom
5.54%
2016
48
France
5.46%
2015
49
Austria
5.45%
2015
50
Netherlands
5.4%
2015
51
Chile
5.35%
2016
52
Latvia
5.34%
2015
53
Australia
5.32%
2015
54
Canada
5.27%
2011
55
Jamaica
5.27%
2017
56
Malta
5.27%
2015
57
Morocco
5.26%
2009
58
South Korea
5.25%
2015
59
Mexico
5.24%
2015
60
Kenya
5.24%
2017
61
Tajikistan
5.23%
2015
62
Cape Verde
5.22%
2017
63
Estonia
5.22%
2015
64
Yemen
5.15%
2008
65
Saudi Arabia
5.14%
2008
66
Syria
5.13%
2009
67
Switzerland
5.12%
2016
68
Nepal
5.1%
2017
69
Togo
5.06%
2016
70
Mauritius
5.02%
2017
71
Ukraine
5.01%
2016
72
Ecuador
5%
2015
73
United States
4.99%
2014
74
Curacao
4.93%
2013
75
Slovenia
4.91%
2015
76
Portugal
4.88%
2015
77
São Tomé and Príncipe
4.86%
2017
78
Belarus
4.82%
2017
79
Poland
4.81%
2015
80
Germany
4.81%
2015
81
Malaysia
4.74%
2017
82
Ethiopia
4.74%
2015
83
Vanuatu
4.7%
2017
84
Barbados
4.66%
2017
85
Slovakia
4.65%
2015
86
Sierra Leone
4.64%
2017
87
Hungary
4.58%
2015
88
Croatia
4.56%
2013
89
Republic of the Congo
4.56%
2015
90
Paraguay
4.52%
2016
91
Ghana
4.51%
2017
92
Djibouti
4.49%
2010
93
Brunei
4.43%
2016
94
Seychelles
4.42%
2016
95
Colombia
4.4%
2017
96
Ivory Coast
4.36%
2017
97
Uruguay
4.36%
2011
98
Nicaragua
4.35%
2017
99
Comoros
4.34%
2015
100
Burundi
4.34%
2017
101
Algeria
4.34%
2008
102
Turkey
4.29%
2015
103
Spain
4.28%
2015
104
Maldives
4.25%
2016
105
Lithuania
4.22%
2015
106
Burkina Faso
4.17%
2015
107
Thailand
4.12%
2013
108
Samoa
4.08%
2016
109
Italy
4.08%
2015
110
Mongolia
4.07%
2017
111
Bulgaria
4.06%
2013
112
Malawi
4.03%
2017
113
Benin
3.99%
2016
114
Greece
3.96%
2005
115
Albania
3.95%
2016
116
Afghanistan
3.93%
2017
117
Peru
3.92%
2017
118
Luxembourg
3.92%
2015
119
Tonga
3.91%
2004
120
Fiji
3.88%
2013
121
Serbia
3.86%
2016
122
India
3.84%
2013
123
Georgia
3.83%
2017
124
Liberia
3.83%
2017
125
Russia
3.82%
2015
126
Iran
3.79%
2017
127
Republic of Ireland
3.77%
2015
128
Egypt
3.76%
2008
129
Kuwait
3.76%
2006
130
El Salvador
3.75%
2017
131
Tuvalu
3.73%
1997
132
Jordan
3.6%
2017
133
Indonesia
3.58%
2015
134
Iraq
3.55%
1989
135
Niger
3.54%
2017
136
Tanzania
3.48%
2014
137
Angola
3.47%
2010
138
Japan
3.47%
2016
139
Dominica
3.39%
2015
140
Hong Kong
3.31%
2017
141
Republic of Macedonia
3.3%
2002
142
Turks And Caicos Islands
3.27%
2015
143
Rwanda
3.21%
2017
144
Andorra
3.2%
2017
145
Panama
3.16%
2011
146
Trinidad and Tobago
3.14%
2003
147
Romania
3.11%
2015
148
Namibia
3.1%
2014
149
Mali
3.09%
2016
150
Gambia
3.09%
2016
151
Macao
3.08%
2016
152
Cameroon
3.08%
2017
153
Nigeria
3.06%
1975
154
Turkmenistan
3.05%
2012
155
Laos
2.94%
2014
156
Azerbaijan
2.9%
2016
157
Singapore
2.9%
2013
158
Kazakhstan
2.88%
2017
159
Qatar
2.85%
2017
160
Chad
2.85%
2013
161
Sri Lanka
2.81%
2017
162
Guatemala
2.8%
2017
163
Madagascar
2.79%
2014
164
Saint Kitts And Nevis
2.78%
2015
165
Pakistan
2.76%
2017
166
Armenia
2.76%
2016
167
East Timor
2.69%
2014
168
Gabon
2.67%
2014
169
Philippines
2.65%
2009
170
Uganda
2.64%
2017
171
Mauritania
2.63%
2016
172
Liechtenstein
2.56%
2011
173
Antigua and Barbuda
2.52%
2009
174
Lebanon
2.48%
2013
175
Haiti
2.45%
2016
176
San Marino
2.38%
2011
177
Bahrain
2.34%
2017
178
Libya
2.26%
1999
179
The Bahamas
2.23%
2000
180
Sudan
2.22%
2009
181
Guinea
2.21%
2017
182
Equatorial Guinea
2.19%
1998
183
Myanmar
2.17%
2017
184
Guinea-Bissau
2.13%
2013
185
Eritrea
2.13%
2006
186
Dominican Republic
2.05%
2007
187
Cayman Islands
1.99%
2006
188
Cambodia
1.91%
2014
189
China
1.89%
1999
190
Bangladesh
1.54%
2016
191
Bermuda
1.49%
2017
192
Democratic Republic Of Congo
1.47%
2017
193
Monaco
1.37%
2016
194
Central African Republic
1.23%
2011
195
Zambia
1.1%
2008
196
South Sudan
0.98%
2017
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