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Education expenditures compares the public expenditure on education as a percent of GDP.
Rank Order Listing for the Education expenditures field
Rank Country (% of GDP) Date of Information
1 Cuba 12.80 2010
2 Micronesia, Federated States of 12.50 2015
3 Lesotho 11.40 2008
4 Grenada 10.30 2016
5 Solomon Islands 10.00 2010
6 Botswana 9.60 2009
7 Zimbabwe 8.40 2014
8 Namibia 8.30 2010
9 Iceland 7.80 2013
10 Norway 7.70 2014
11 Sweden 7.70 2014
12 Denmark 7.60 2014
13 Timor-Leste 7.50 2014
14 Belize 7.40 2017
15 Bhutan 7.40 2015
16 Bolivia 7.30 2014
17 Finland 7.20 2014
18 Malta 7.20 2014
19 Costa Rica 7.10 2016
20 Eswatini 7.10 2014
21 Senegal 7.10 2015
22 Venezuela 6.90 2009
23 Moldova 6.70 2016
24 Belgium 6.60 2014
25 Tunisia 6.60 2015
26 Aruba 6.50 2015
27 Mozambique 6.50 2013
28 British Virgin Islands 6.30 2015
29 New Zealand 6.30 2015
30 Congo, Republic of the 6.20 2010
31 Ghana 6.20 2014
32 Oman 6.20 2016
33 Cyprus 6.10 2014
34 Kyrgyzstan 6.00 2015
35 Niger 6.00 2015
36 Puerto Rico 6.00 2014
37 Argentina 5.90 2015
38 Brazil 5.90 2014
39 Honduras 5.90 2013
40 South Africa 5.90 2016
41 Ukraine 5.90 2014
42 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5.80 2016
43 Gaza Strip 5.70 2016
44 Israel 5.70 2014
45 Saint Lucia 5.70 2016
46 Vietnam 5.70 2013
47 West Bank 5.70 2015
48 United Kingdom 5.60 2015
49 Estonia 5.50 2014
50 France 5.50 2014
51 Netherlands 5.50 2014
52 Vanuatu 5.50 2015
53 Austria 5.40 2014
54 Burundi 5.40 2013
55 Cabo Verde 5.40 2016
56 Jamaica 5.40 2017
57 Canada 5.30 2011
58 Kenya 5.30 2015
59 Latvia 5.30 2014
60 Mexico 5.30 2014
61 Morocco 5.30 2009
62 Slovenia 5.30 2014
63 Australia 5.20 2014
64 Mongolia 5.20 2016
65 Tajikistan 5.20 2015
66 Barbados 5.10 2016
67 Korea, South 5.10 2015
68 Mauritius 5.10 2017
69 Montserrat 5.10 2009
70 Portugal 5.10 2014
71 Saudi Arabia 5.10 2008
72 Switzerland 5.10 2014
73 Syria 5.10 2009
74 Togo 5.10 2016
75 Belarus 5.00 2016
76 Ecuador 5.00 2015
77 Paraguay 5.00 2012
78 United States 5.00 2014
79 Chile 4.90 2015
80 Curacao 4.90 2013
81 Germany 4.90 2014
82 Ireland 4.90 2014
83 Poland 4.90 2014
84 Cote d'Ivoire 4.80 2015
85 Malaysia 4.80 2016
86 Cook Islands 4.70 2016
87 Malawi 4.70 2016
88 Croatia 4.60 2013
89 Hungary 4.60 2014
90 Slovakia 4.60 2015
91 Yemen 4.60 2008
92 Colombia 4.50 2016
93 Djibouti 4.50 2010
94 Ethiopia 4.50 2013
95 Lithuania 4.50 2014
96 Nicaragua 4.50 2010
97 Benin 4.40 2015
98 Brunei 4.40 2016
99 Turkey 4.40 2014
100 Uruguay 4.40 2011
101 Algeria 4.30 2008
102 Comoros 4.30 2015
103 Maldives 4.30 2016
104 Spain 4.30 2014
105 Burkina Faso 4.20 2015
106 Bulgaria 4.10 2013
107 Italy 4.10 2014
108 Samoa 4.10 2016
109 Thailand 4.10 2013
110 Czechia 4.00 2014
111 Luxembourg 4.00 2014
112 Serbia 4.00 2015
113 Fiji 3.90 2013
114 Jordan 3.90 2016
115 Egypt 3.80 2008
116 Georgia 3.80 2016
117 India 3.80 2013
118 Mali 3.80 2015
119 Peru 3.80 2016
120 Russia 3.80 2012
121 Nepal 3.70 2015
122 Sao Tome and Principe 3.70 2014
123 Indonesia 3.60 2015
124 Japan 3.60 2014
125 Qatar 3.60 2014
126 Seychelles 3.60 2011
127 Albania 3.50 2015
128 Angola 3.50 2010
129 El Salvador 3.50 2016
130 Rwanda 3.50 2016
131 Sri Lanka 3.50 2016
132 Tanzania 3.50 2014
133 Dominica 3.40 2015
134 Iran 3.40 2016
135 Andorra 3.30 2016
136 Hong Kong 3.30 2017
137 Turks and Caicos Islands 3.30 2015
138 Afghanistan 3.20 2015
139 Guyana 3.20 2012
140 Panama 3.20 2011
141 Romania 3.10 2014
142 Azerbaijan 3.00 2015
143 Kazakhstan 3.00 2016
144 Macau 3.00 2015
145 Turkmenistan 3.00 2012
146 Chad 2.90 2013
147 Laos 2.90 2014
148 Sierra Leone 2.90 2016
149 Singapore 2.90 2013
150 Anguilla 2.80 2008
151 Armenia 2.80 2016
152 Cameroon 2.80 2013
153 Gambia, The 2.80 2013
154 Guatemala 2.80 2016
155 Liberia 2.80 2012
156 Pakistan 2.80 2017
157 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.80 2015
158 Bahrain 2.70 2016
159 Gabon 2.70 2014
160 Philippines 2.70 2009
161 Liechtenstein 2.60 2011
162 Mauritania 2.60 2016
163 Antigua and Barbuda 2.50 2009
164 Bangladesh 2.50 2016
165 Lebanon 2.50 2013
166 Guinea 2.40 2014
167 San Marino 2.40 2011
168 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 2.30 2015
169 Uganda 2.30 2014
170 Sudan 2.20 2009
171 Guinea-Bissau 2.10 2013
172 Madagascar 2.10 2013
173 Cambodia 1.90 2014
174 South Sudan 1.80 2016
175 Bermuda 1.50 2017
176 Monaco 1.40 2016
177 Central African Republic 1.20 2011
178 Zambia 1.10 2008
179 Burma 0.80 2011