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Government expenditure on education total percentage of government expenditure

General government expenditure on education (current, capital, and transfers) is expressed as a percentage of total general government expenditure on all sectors (including health, education, social services, etc.). 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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Government expenditure on education, total (% of government expenditure)Government expenditure on education, total (% of government expenditure)Year
1
Grenada
42.79%
2016
2
Zimbabwe
30.01%
2014
3
Ethiopia
27.1%
2015
4
Swaziland
24.95%
2014
5
Bhutan
24.04%
2017
6
Guatemala
23.09%
2017
7
Tunisia
22.9%
2015
8
Marshall Islands
22.51%
2003
9
Federated States of Micronesia
22.31%
2015
10
Honduras
22.02%
2017
11
Saint Lucia
21.98%
2016
12
Belize
21.68%
2017
13
Senegal
21.56%
2017
14
Chile
21.16%
2016
15
Malaysia
21.06%
2017
16
Turkmenistan
20.8%
2012
17
Indonesia
20.5%
2015
18
Botswana
20.48%
2009
19
Burundi
20.4%
2017
20
Ghana
20.1%
2017
21
Iran
20.04%
2017
22
Singapore
19.96%
2013
23
Uzbekistan
19.96%
2017
24
Mauritius
19.93%
2017
25
Sierra Leone
19.92%
2017
26
Saudi Arabia
19.26%
2008
27
Syria
19.18%
2009
28
Thailand
19.13%
2013
29
Mexico
19.02%
2015
30
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
18.98%
2017
31
Mozambique
18.98%
2013
32
Madagascar
18.97%
2014
33
The Bahamas
18.92%
2000
34
Benin
18.79%
2016
35
South Africa
18.73%
2017
36
Kyrgyzstan
18.64%
2017
37
Ivory Coast
18.62%
2017
38
Vietnam
18.52%
2013
39
Jamaica
18.4%
2017
40
São Tomé and Príncipe
18.4%
2017
41
Moldova
18.33%
2017
42
Guyana
18.28%
2017
43
Peru
18.24%
2017
44
Iceland
18.16%
2015
45
Tonga
18.1%
2004
46
Burkina Faso
18.03%
2015
47
Hong Kong
17.84%
2017
48
Kenya
17.58%
2017
49
Solomon Islands
17.48%
2010
50
Tanzania
17.3%
2014
51
Morocco
17.3%
2009
52
Bolivia
16.84%
2014
53
New Zealand
16.57%
2016
54
Tajikistan
16.44%
2015
55
Cape Verde
16.38%
2017
56
Cyprus
16.28%
2015
57
Brazil
16.25%
2015
58
Guinea-Bissau
16.19%
2013
59
Togo
15.99%
2016
60
Nepal
15.75%
2017
61
Norway
15.73%
2015
62
Afghanistan
15.66%
2017
63
El Salvador
15.63%
2017
64
Palau
15.54%
2002
65
Switzerland
15.53%
2016
66
Sweden
15.5%
2015
67
Cameroon
15.47%
2017
68
Oman
15.34%
2017
69
Comoros
15.27%
2015
70
Colombia
15.17%
2017
71
Israel
15.04%
2015
72
Uruguay
14.93%
2011
73
Sri Lanka
14.5%
2017
74
Malawi
14.34%
2017
75
Fiji
14.3%
2013
76
Latvia
14.13%
2015
77
Australia
14.08%
2015
78
India
14.05%
2013
79
United Kingdom
13.92%
2016
80
Trinidad and Tobago
13.91%
2003
81
Mali
13.9%
2016
82
Czech Republic
13.88%
2015
83
Pakistan
13.85%
2017
84
Denmark
13.83%
2014
85
Lesotho
13.8%
2018
86
Albania
13.6%
2016
87
United States
13.59%
2014
88
Mongolia
13.49%
2017
89
Guinea
13.38%
2017
90
Argentina
13.38%
2016
91
Kuwait
13.37%
2006
92
Niger
13.25%
2017
93
Philippines
13.21%
2009
94
Malta
13.15%
2015
95
Haiti
13.13%
2016
96
Republic of Ireland
13.03%
2015
97
Panama
13.02%
2011
98
Estonia
12.97%
2015
99
Georgia
12.95%
2017
100
Barbados
12.88%
2017
101
Turkey
12.84%
2015
102
China
12.63%
1999
103
Ecuador
12.6%
2015
104
Dominican Republic
12.58%
2007
105
Jordan
12.53%
2017
106
Yemen
12.49%
2008
107
Chad
12.46%
2013
108
Finland
12.41%
2015
109
Ukraine
12.35%
2016
110
Djibouti
12.33%
2010
111
Lithuania
12.29%
2015
112
Belarus
12.28%
2017
113
Netherlands
12.25%
2015
114
Canada
12.22%
2011
115
Laos
12.19%
2014
116
Belgium
12.17%
2015
117
Uganda
12.01%
2017
118
Vanuatu
11.78%
2017
119
Seychelles
11.72%
2016
120
Democratic Republic Of Congo
11.71%
2017
121
Poland
11.58%
2015
122
Kiribati
11.52%
2001
123
Brunei
11.44%
2016
124
Bulgaria
11.44%
2013
125
Algeria
11.43%
2008
126
Kazakhstan
11.42%
2017
127
Bangladesh
11.42%
2016
128
Maldives
11.29%
2016
129
Gabon
11.23%
2014
130
Slovenia
11.22%
2015
131
Rwanda
11.08%
2017
132
Germany
10.99%
2015
133
Egypt
10.94%
2008
134
Russia
10.87%
2015
135
Sudan
10.78%
2009
136
Austria
10.69%
2015
137
San Marino
10.64%
2011
138
Dominica
10.52%
2015
139
Samoa
10.48%
2016
140
Gambia
10.36%
2016
141
Slovakia
10.28%
2015
142
Armenia
10.2%
2016
143
Portugal
10.15%
2015
144
Spain
9.77%
2015
145
France
9.62%
2015
146
Croatia
9.49%
2013
147
Luxembourg
9.43%
2015
148
Myanmar
9.41%
2018
149
Mauritania
9.33%
2016
150
Hungary
9.14%
2015
151
Japan
9.13%
2016
152
Romania
9.08%
2015
153
Qatar
8.88%
2017
154
Cambodia
8.79%
2014
155
Greece
8.7%
2005
156
Serbia
8.69%
2016
157
Angola
8.68%
2010
158
Republic of Macedonia
8.64%
2002
159
Saint Kitts And Nevis
8.64%
2015
160
Lebanon
8.58%
2013
161
Azerbaijan
8.2%
2016
162
Libya
8.14%
1999
163
Italy
8.11%
2015
164
Republic of the Congo
7.95%
2015
165
Central African Republic
7.83%
2011
166
Namibia
7.64%
2014
167
Bahrain
7.18%
2017
168
Liberia
7.06%
2017
169
Antigua and Barbuda
6.93%
2009
170
East Timor
6.77%
2014
171
Zambia
5.65%
2008
172
Equatorial Guinea
5.25%
1998
173
Eritrea
5.17%
2006
174
South Sudan
1.07%
2017
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