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[edit]

Country  | Expenditure on education
(% of government spending) | Year

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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[edit]

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

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