Countries that spend the most on education (on a proportional basis)


All data from the CIA World Factbook. Last updated Jan 25, 2010.



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 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 2002
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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