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Country Comparisons - Education expenditures

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Rank	Country	Education expenditures (% 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

Countries for which no information is available are not included in this list.

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