Education expenditures - World Rankings

This entry provides the public expenditure on education as a percent of GDP.

Rank	Country	Education expenditures	Date of Information
1	Timor-leste	16.80	2009
2	Cuba	13.60	2008
3	Lesotho	12.40	2008
4	Marshall Islands	12.00	2004
5	Maldives	11.20	2009
6	Saint Kitts And Nevis	9.60	2005
7	Moldova	9.60	2009
8	Botswana	8.90	2009
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9	Djibouti	8.40	2007
10	Burundi	8.30	2009
11	Denmark	7.80	2007
12	Swaziland	7.80	2008
13	Comoros	7.60	2008
14	Iceland	7.40	2007
15	Tunisia	7.10	2007
16	Kenya	7.00	2006
17	Norway	6.80	2007
18	Tanzania	6.80	2008
19	Barbados	6.70	2009
20	Sweden	6.60	2007
21	Saint Vincent And The Grenadines	6.60	2009
22	Malta	6.40	2007
23	Namibia	6.40	2008
24	Costa Rica	6.30	2009
25	Bolivia	6.30	2006
26	Fiji	6.20	2004
27	New Zealand	6.10	2007
28	Guyana	6.10	2007
29	Belgium	6.00	2007
30	Israel	5.90	2007
31	Cape Verde	5.90	2009
32	Kyrgyzstan	5.90	2008
33	Finland	5.90	2007
34	Jamaica	5.80	2009
35	Senegal	5.80	2009
36	Belize	5.70	2008
37	Samoa	5.70	2008
38	Saudi Arabia	5.60	2008
39	Mongolia	5.60	2009
40	Morocco	5.60	2008
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41	France	5.60	2007
42	Ethiopia	5.50	2007
43	United Kingdom	5.50	2007
44	United States	5.50	2007
45	Ghana	5.40	2005
46	Austria	5.40	2007
47	South Africa	5.40	2009
48	Vietnam	5.30	2008
49	Netherlands	5.30	2007
50	Ukraine	5.30	2007
51	Hungary	5.20	2007
52	Switzerland	5.20	2007
53	Yemen	5.20	2008
54	Slovenia	5.20	2007
55	Brazil	5.00	2007
56	Latvia	5.00	2007
57	Mozambique	5.00	2006
58	Seychelles	5.00	2006
59	Aruba	5.00	2008
60	Estonia	4.90	2007
61	Syria	4.90	2007
62	Grenada	4.90	2003
63	Poland	4.90	2007
64	Argentina	4.90	2007
65	Canada	4.90	2007
66	Ireland	4.90	2007
67	Colombia	4.80	2009
68	Bhutan	4.80	2008
69	Mexico	4.80	2007
70	Vanuatu	4.80	2009
71	Serbia	4.70	2008
72	Iran	4.70	2009
73	Lithuania	4.70	2007
74	Dominica	4.70	2008
75	Croatia	4.60	2009
76	Cote D'ivoire	4.60	2008
77	Burkina Faso	4.60	2007
78	Togo	4.60	2009
79	Nepal	4.60	2009
80	Australia	4.50	2007
81	Niger	4.50	2009
82	Hong Kong	4.50	2009
83	Saint Lucia	4.50	2009
84	Belarus	4.50	2009
85	Germany	4.50	2007
86	Mali	4.40	2009
87	Mauritania	4.40	2008
88	Portugal	4.40	2008
89	Algeria	4.30	2008
90	Italy	4.30	2007
91	Kosovo	4.30	2008
92	Romania	4.30	2007
93	Sierra Leone	4.30	2009
94	Spain	4.30	2007
95	Czech Republic	4.20	2007
96	Malawi	4.20	2003
97	Korea, South	4.20	2007
98	Rwanda	4.10	2008
99	Thailand	4.10	2009
100	Bulgaria	4.10	2007
101	Malaysia	4.10	2008
102	Cyprus	4.10	2007
103	Paraguay	4.00	2008
104	Chile	4.00	2008
105	Greece	4.00	2005
106	Oman	3.90	2006
107	Tonga	3.90	2004
108	Russia	3.90	2006
109	Egypt	3.80	2008
110	Panama	3.80	2008
111	Kuwait	3.80	2006
112	Venezuela	3.70	2007
113	Cameroon	3.70	2009
114	Slovakia	3.60	2007
115	El Salvador	3.60	2008
116	Benin	3.50	2007
117	Anguilla	3.50	2008
118	Japan	3.50	2007
119	Tajikistan	3.50	2008
120	Qatar	3.30	2005
121	Montserrat	3.30	2004
122	Georgia	3.20	2009
123	Andorra	3.20	2008
124	British Virgin Islands	3.20	2007
125	Mauritius	3.20	2009
126	Guatemala	3.20	2008
127	Uganda	3.20	2009
128	Chad	3.20	2009
129	India	3.10	2006
130	Nicaragua	3.10	2003
131	Armenia	3.00	2007
132	Singapore	3.00	2009
133	Madagascar	3.00	2009
134	Turkey	2.90	2006
135	Uruguay	2.90	2006
136	Bahrain	2.90	2008
137	Indonesia	2.80	2008
138	Kazakhstan	2.80	2007
139	Philippines	2.80	2008
140	Azerbaijan	2.80	2009
141	Peru	2.70	2008
142	Antigua And Barbuda	2.70	2009
143	Pakistan	2.70	2009
144	Liberia	2.70	2008
145	Cayman Islands	2.60	2006
146	Bermuda	2.60	2009
147	Angola	2.60	2006
148	Guinea	2.40	2008
149	Bangladesh	2.40	2008
150	Dominican Republic	2.30	2009
151	Laos	2.30	2008
152	Macau	2.20	2008
153	Cambodia	2.10	2009
154	Liechtenstein	2.00	2007
155	Gambia, The	2.00	2004
156	Eritrea	2.00	2006
157	Congo, Republic Of The	1.90	2005
158	Lebanon	1.80	2009
159	Central African Republic	1.30	2009
160	Zambia	1.30	2008
161	Monaco	1.20	2004
162	United Arab Emirates	1.20	2009
163	Equatorial Guinea	0.60	2003

Education expenditures / World Rankings