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List of countries by spending on education

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This list shows the spending on education of various countries as a percentage of total government expenditure. It is based on data from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics.[1]

The UNESCO dataset does not specify whether education capital expenditures are included, or whether only recurrent expenditures were considered.

List

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Country Expenditure on education
(% of government spending)
Year
 Grenada 42.79 2016
 Zimbabwe 30.01 2014
 Ethiopia 27.10 2015
 Eswatini 24.95 2014
 Bhutan 24.04 2017
 Guatemala 23.09 2017
 Tunisia 22.90 2015
 Micronesia 22.31 2015
 Honduras 22.02 2017
 Saint Lucia 21.98 2016
 Belize 21.68 2017
 Senegal 21.56 2017
 Chile 21.16 2016
 Malaysia 21.06 2017
 Turkmenistan 20.80 2012
 Indonesia 20.50 2015
 Burundi 20.40 2017
 Ghana 20.10 2017
 Iran 20.04 2017
 Singapore 19.96 2013
 Uzbekistan 19.96 2017
 Mauritius 19.93 2017
 Sierra Leone 19.92 2017
 Thailand 19.13 2013
 Mexico 19.02 2015
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 18.98 2017
 Mozambique 18.98 2013
 Madagascar 18.97 2014
 Benin 18.79 2016
 South Africa 18.73 2017
 Kyrgyzstan 18.64 2017
 Côte d'Ivoire 18.62 2017
 Viet Nam 18.52 2013
 Jamaica 18.40 2017
 Sao Tome and Principe 18.40 2017
 Republic of Moldova 18.33 2017
 Guyana 18.28 2017
 Peru 18.24 2017
 Iceland 18.16 2015
 Burkina Faso 18.03 2015
 Hong Kong 17.84 2017
 Kenya 17.58 2017
 United Republic of Tanzania 17.30 2014
 Bolivia 16.84 2014
 New Zealand 16.57 2016
 Tajikistan 16.44 2015
 Cabo Verde 16.38 2017
 Cyprus 16.28 2015
 Brazil 16.25 2015
 Guinea-Bissau 16.19 2013
 Togo 15.99 2016
   Nepal 15.75 2017
 Norway 15.73 2015
 Afghanistan 15.66 2017
 El Salvador 15.63 2017
  Switzerland 15.53 2016
 Sweden 15.50 2015
 Cameroon 15.47 2017
 Oman 15.34 2017
 Comoros 15.27 2015
 Colombia 15.17 2017
 Israel 15.04 2015
 Sri Lanka 14.50 2017
 Malawi 14.34 2017
 Fiji 14.30 2013
 Latvia 14.13 2015
 Australia 14.08 2015
 India 14.05 2013
 United Kingdom 13.92 2016
 Mali 13.90 2016
 Czechia 13.88 2015
 Pakistan 13.85 2017
 Denmark 13.83 2014
 Lesotho 13.80 2018
 Albania 13.60 2016
 United States of America 13.59 2014
 Mongolia 13.49 2017
 Argentina 13.38 2016
 Guinea 13.38 2017
 Niger 13.25 2017
 Malta 13.15 2015
 Haiti 13.13 2016
 Ireland 13.03 2015
 Estonia 12.97 2015
 Georgia 12.95 2017
 Barbados 12.88 2017
 Turkey 12.84 2015
 Ecuador 12.60 2015
 Jordan 12.53 2017
 Chad 12.46 2013
 Finland 12.41 2015
 Ukraine 12.35 2016
 Lithuania 12.29 2015
 Belarus 12.28 2017
 Netherlands 12.25 2015
 Lao People's Democratic Republic 12.19 2014
 Belgium 12.17 2015
 Uganda 12.01 2017
 Vanuatu 11.78 2017
 Seychelles 11.72 2016
 Democratic Republic of the Congo 11.71 2017
 Poland 11.58 2015
 Bulgaria 11.44 2013
 Brunei Darussalam 11.44 2016
 Bangladesh 11.42 2016
 Kazakhstan 11.42 2017
 Maldives 11.29 2016
 Gabon 11.23 2014
 Slovenia 11.22 2015
 Rwanda 11.08 2017
 Germany 10.99 2015
 Russian Federation 10.87 2015
 Austria 10.69 2015
 Dominica 10.52 2015
 Samoa 10.48 2016
 Gambia 10.36 2016
 Slovakia 10.28 2015
 Armenia 10.20 2016
 Portugal 10.15 2015
 Spain 9.77 2015
 France 9.62 2015
 Croatia 9.49 2013
 Luxembourg 9.43 2015
 Myanmar 9.41 2018
 Mauritania 9.33 2016
 Hungary 9.14 2015
 Japan 9.13 2016
 Romania 9.08 2015
 Qatar 8.88 2017
 Cambodia 8.79 2014
 Serbia 8.69 2016
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 8.64 2015
 Lebanon 8.58 2013
 Azerbaijan 8.20 2016
 Italy 8.11 2015
 Congo 7.95 2015
 Namibia 7.64 2014
 Bahrain 7.18 2017
 Liberia 7.06 2017
 Timor-Leste 6.77 2014
 South Sudan 1.07 2017

References

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  1. ^ "Education : Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure (all sectors)". data.uis.unesco.org.