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


Country Comparison to the World

CountryEDUCATION EXPENDITURES(% OF GDP)
Afghanistan 3.4% of GDP (2015)
Albania 3.5% of GDP (2013)
Algeria 4.3% of GDP (2008)
American Samoa NA
Andorra 3.1% of GDP (2014)
Angola 3.5% of GDP (2010)
Anguilla 2.8% of GDP (2008)
Antigua and Barbuda 2.6% of GDP (2009)
Argentina 5.5% of GDP (2014)
Armenia 2.8% of GDP (2015)
Aruba 6.1% of GDP (2014)
Australia 5.3% of GDP (2013)
Austria 5.6% of GDP (2013)
Azerbaijan 2.6% of GDP (2014)
Bahamas, The NA
Bahrain 2.6% of GDP (2012)
Bangladesh 2.2% of GDP (2015)
Barbados 6.7% of GDP (2014)
Belarus 4.9% of GDP (2015)
Belgium 6.4% of GDP (2011)
Belize 6.2% of GDP (2013)
Benin 4.3% of GDP (2014)
Bermuda 1.7% of GDP (2015)
Bhutan 7.4% of GDP (2015)
Bolivia 7.3% of GDP (2014)
Bosnia and Herzegovina NA
Botswana 9.6% of GDP (2009)
Brazil 6% of GDP (2013)
British Virgin Islands 4.4% of GDP (2010)
Brunei 3.7% of GDP (2016)
Bulgaria 4.1% of GDP (2013)
Burkina Faso 3.9% of GDP (2015)
Burundi 5.4% of GDP (2013)
Cabo Verde 5% of GDP (2013)
Cambodia 1.9% of GDP (2014)
Cameroon 3% of GDP (2013)
Canada 5.3% of GDP (2011)
Cayman Islands NA
Central African Republic 1.2% of GDP (2011)
Chad 2.9% of GDP (2013)
Chile 4.8% of GDP (2014)
China NA
Colombia 4.5% of GDP (2015)
Comoros 5.1% of GDP (2014)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 2.2% of GDP (2013)
Congo, Republic of the 6.2% of GDP (2010)
Cook Islands 4% of GDP (2015)
Costa Rica 7.6% of GDP (2015)
Cote d'Ivoire 4.7% of GDP (2014)
Croatia 4.6% of GDP (2013)
Cuba 12.8% of GDP (2010)
Curacao 4.9% of GDP (2013)
Cyprus 604% of GDP (2013)
Czechia 4.1% of GDP (2013)
Denmark 8.6% of GDP (2013)
Djibouti 4.5% of GDP (2010)
Dominican Republic 2.1% of GDP (2007)
Ecuador 4.9% of GDP (2015)
Egypt 3.8% of GDP (2008)
El Salvador 3.4% of GDP (2014)
Estonia 4.8% of GDP (2013)
Ethiopia 4.5% of GDP (2013)
Fiji 3.9% of GDP (2013)
Finland 7.2% of GDP (2013)
France 5.5% of GDP (2013)
Gabon 2.7% of GDP (2014)
Gambia, The 2.8% of GDP (2013)
Gaza Strip 1.3% of GDP
note: includes West Bank (2015)
Georgia 2% of GDP (2012)
Germany 4.9% of GDP (2013)
Ghana 6.2% of GDP (2014)
Gibraltar NA
Guatemala 3% of GDP (2015)
Guinea-Bissau 2.2% of GDP (2013)
Guinea 3.2% of GDP (2014)
Guyana 3.2% of GDP (2012)
Haiti NA
Holy See (Vatican City) NA
Honduras 5.9% of GDP (2013)
Hong Kong 3.3% of GDP (2015)
Hungary 4.2% of GDP (2013)
Iceland 7.8% of GDP (2013)
India 3.8% of GDP (2013)
Indonesia 3.3% of GDP (2014)
Iran 2.9% of GDP (2015)
Iraq NA
Ireland 5.3% of GDP (2013)
Israel 5.9% of GDP (2013)
Italy 4.2% of GDP (2013)
Jamaica 5.4% of GDP (2015)
Japan 3.8% of GDP (2014)
Jordan NA
Kazakhstan 3.1% of GDP (2009)
Kenya 5.3% of GDP (2015)
Korea, North NA
Korea, South 4.6% of GDP (2012)
Kyrgyzstan 5.5% of GDP (2014)
Laos 3.3% of GDP (2014)
Latvia 4.9% of GDP (2013)
Lebanon 2.6% of GDP (2013)
Lesotho 13% of GDP (2008)
Liberia 2.8% of GDP (2012)
Libya NA
Liechtenstein 2.6% of GDP (2011)
Lithuania 4.6% of GDP (2013)
Luxembourg 4.1% of GDP (2012)
Macau 2% of GDP (2014)
Madagascar 2.1% of GDP (2013)
Malawi 5.6% of GDP (2015)
Malaysia 5% of GDP (2015)
Maldives 5.7% of GDP (2015)
Mali 3.6% of GDP (2014)
Malta 8.3% of GDP (2013)
Mauritania 2.9% of GDP (2013)
Mauritius 5% of GDP (2015)
Mexico 5.2% of GDP (2012)
Micronesia, Federated States of NA
Moldova 7.5% of GDP (2014)
Monaco 1% of GDP (2014)
Mongolia 4.6% of GDP (2011)
Montenegro NA
Montserrat 5.1% of GDP (2009)
Morocco 5.3% of GDP (2009)
Mozambique 6.5% of GDP (2013)
Namibia 8.3% of GDP (2010)
Nauru NA
Nepal 3.7% of GDP (2015)
Netherlands 5.6% of GDP (2013)
New Zealand 6.3% of GDP (2014)
Nicaragua 4.5% of GDP (2010)
Nigeria NA
Niger 6.7% of GDP (2014)
Niue NA
Norway 7.4% of GDP (2013)
Oman 5% of GDP (2013)
Pakistan 2.7% of GDP (2015)
Panama 3.3% of GDP (2011)
Papua New Guinea NA
Paraguay 5% of GDP (2012)
Peru 3.9% of GDP (2015)
Philippines 2.7% of GDP (2009)
Poland 4.9% of GDP (2013)
Portugal 5.3% of GDP (2013)
Puerto Rico 6.4% of GDP (2013)
Qatar 3.5% of GDP (2014)
Romania 2.9% of GDP (2012)
Russia 3.9% of GDP (2012)
Rwanda 5% of GDP (2013)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 4.2% of GDP (2007)
Saint Lucia 4.8% of GDP (2015)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5.1% of GDP (2010)
Samoa 5.1% of GDP (2008)
San Marino 2.4% of GDP (2011)
Sao Tome and Principe 3.9% of GDP (2014)
Saudi Arabia 5.1% of GDP (2008)
Senegal 7.2% of GDP (2014)
Serbia 4.2% of GDP (2014)
Seychelles 3.6% of GDP (2011)
Sierra Leone 2.7% of GDP (2014)
Singapore 2.9% of GDP (2013)
Slovakia 4.1% of GDP (2013)
Slovenia 5.5% of GDP (2013)
Solomon Islands 10% of GDP (2010)
Somalia NA
South Africa 6.1% of GDP (2014)
South Sudan 0.8% of GDP (2011)
Spain 4.3% of GDP (2013)
Sri Lanka 2.2% of GDP (2015)
Sudan 2.2% of GDP (2009)
Suriname NA
Swaziland 7.1% of GDP (2014)
Sweden 7.7% of GDP (2013)
Switzerland 5.1% of GDP (2013)
Syria 5.1% of GDP (2009)
Tajikistan 5.2% of GDP (2015)
Tanzania 3.5% of GDP (2014)
Thailand 4.1% of GDP (2013)
Timor-Leste 7.9% of GDP (2014)
Togo 5.3% of GDP (2015)
Tokelau NA
Tunisia 6.3% of GDP (2012)
Turkey 4.8% of GDP (2013)
Turkmenistan 3% of GDP (2012)
Turks and Caicos Islands 3.3% of GDP (2015)
Tuvalu NA
Uganda 1.7% of GDP (2014)
Ukraine 6% of GDP (2014)
United Arab Emirates NA
United Kingdom 5.8% of GDP (2014)
United States 4.9% of GDP (2013)
Uruguay 4.4% of GDP (2011)
Uzbekistan NA
Vanuatu 4.9% of GDP (2014)
Venezuela 6.9% of GDP (2009)
Vietnam 5.7% of GDP (2013)
West Bank 1.3% of GDP
note: includes Gaza Strip (2015)
Yemen 4.6% of GDP (2008)
Zambia 1.1% of GDP (2008)
Zimbabwe 8.4% of GDP (2014)