Public expenditure on education

percent of government expenditure, 1995–2020

Country	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Afghanistan																81.68	82.63	84.92	81.15	80.70	80.41
Albania																			91.41	91.68	91.95	91.64	91.70	93.88	86.84
American Samoa												93.77
Andorra												93.63	95.63	97.62	97.97	98.32	98.82	99.12	99.42	98.91	98.67	99.18	99.27	99.46	99.24
Angola												75.65
Antigua and Barbuda								96.15	95.96	95.78	95.59	95.40	95.22	95.03	94.84
Argentina				95.34	96.41	97.47	98.54	99.06	99.19	99.16	98.34	97.51	96.79	96.15	96.05	95.78	95.43	95.08	94.15	93.03	89.23	89.19	89.09	97.44	98.23
Armenia																		63.95	77.35	73.97	100.00	90.70	87.59	88.66	89.73	90.80
Aruba				99.26	98.74	85.75	96.06	88.91	91.54	94.17	96.79	98.40	100.00	100.00	92.77	96.38	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Australia	91.88	92.10	92.32	92.54	92.77	92.99	92.89	92.79	92.70	92.60	92.50	92.41	92.31	92.21	92.11	92.02	91.92	91.82	91.73	91.63	92.34
Austria				92.47	93.64	95.10	96.46	95.88	97.07	95.24	95.28	95.89	96.27	96.23	95.83	95.08	95.93	96.02	95.45	95.02	94.51	93.75	93.31	92.89
Azerbaijan						99.10	98.78	97.98	98.03	97.70	98.36	96.56	94.68	96.99	97.72	97.46	97.25	98.30	95.64	96.11	97.82	98.05	98.71	98.66	98.14
Bahrain																		96.15
Bangladesh													79.98	79.92	80.98	90.23	99.49	99.46	96.05	92.64	89.23	85.82	80.89	75.97	71.04
Barbados					90.73	99.89	99.31	89.34	88.91	90.98	96.02	95.44	94.86	93.14	98.08	93.82	94.46	95.10	95.75	96.39	96.14	95.89	95.55	95.74	95.92	97.75
Belarus										95.25	95.24	93.59	93.75	94.31	94.88	89.07	92.20	88.86	90.94	91.28	95.23	96.03	94.37	93.41	92.45	91.60
Belgium											97.21	96.77	96.33	95.89	96.27	96.22	96.38	95.40	94.41	95.18	94.96	94.44	94.87	94.55
Belize							74.33	77.51	80.68
Benin				98.43	89.90	81.37	72.00	73.93	75.87	79.43	86.29	86.75	94.30	96.31	94.28	91.85	90.64	89.42	92.50	93.41	91.69
Bermuda																					98.53
Bhutan																					85.99
Botswana															90.24
Brazil				95.21	94.87	93.86	92.31	91.03	92.55	94.07	93.87	94.07	93.29	92.25	93.18	92.75	93.88	92.01	93.76	93.43	96.05	96.63	97.52	96.93
British Virgin Islands							84.65	87.32	89.98	92.64	100.00	96.47	92.93
Brunei																						96.77
Bulgaria							98.98	96.29	96.32	93.11	89.89	91.50	82.41	86.03	91.00	94.93	95.23	94.14	92.70	93.40	94.10	94.80	95.51
Burkina Faso													64.67
Burundi					93.86	94.25	94.63	90.36	81.90	73.44	77.36	81.29	85.21	89.13	87.01	92.14	95.61	98.09
Cape Verde										83.31	84.56	78.55	81.32	84.09	88.42	92.74	93.47	94.19	94.91	95.63	96.36	95.06
Cambodia															100.00	100.00	99.95	100.00	100.00	99.45
Cameroon														84.91	81.68	86.64	92.25	89.32	86.39
Canada				96.08	95.85	96.40	96.59	96.87	96.38	95.88	95.39	93.78	93.57	92.45	90.93	90.29	89.55	90.89	92.23
Cayman Islands												100.00
Central African Republic											97.75	98.40	99.05	97.73	98.30	98.87
Chad																68.68	79.20	78.09
Chile					91.55	87.19	86.63	86.07	89.20	85.27	95.59	95.04	95.35	97.23	97.03	96.59	96.15	95.71	95.27	94.83	94.39	93.95	93.51	88.16
China					88.52
Colombia								96.84	95.59	94.35	96.23	98.12	100.00	100.00	88.87	77.73	79.11	77.72	72.65	74.05	74.78	77.50	76.15	87.36	84.95
Comoros				93.99	94.35	94.70	95.05	95.41	95.76	96.11	96.47	96.82	97.17	97.53	97.88	98.23	98.59	98.94	99.29	99.65	100.00
Congo (Kinshasa)																90.38	87.97	85.55	83.13
Costa Rica							100.00	100.00	99.72	99.43	99.14	98.86	98.57	98.29	98.00	97.72	97.43	97.15	96.86	96.58	96.29	96.01	95.60	97.40	98.10	98.57
Ivory Coast				84.66	89.11	90.23	91.34	92.46	93.58	94.69	95.81	96.93	95.84	94.14	91.41	93.02	93.31	87.04	89.40	92.89	94.11	93.42	93.53	94.62
Croatia								91.10	92.68	95.57	95.28	94.99	94.70	96.63	92.18	93.55	96.29	96.52	96.75	96.34	95.61	95.71	95.81
Cuba						92.09	88.93	83.50	84.77	86.04	86.82	88.90	96.94	97.89	98.47	99.10
Curacao																			100.00
Cyprus						91.79	90.41	88.11	85.78	89.41	86.62	87.97	88.94	85.07	88.07	89.04	89.72	93.10	96.48	97.24	95.88	93.92	92.29
Czech Republic				90.96	91.18	91.91	90.77	89.48	90.85	90.43	90.34	89.57	89.38	89.96	88.84	89.92	87.40	90.74	90.30	88.86	92.14	94.56	91.24	87.39
Denmark				94.19	93.45	92.12	91.76	92.29	93.38	93.85	94.72	94.60	94.94	94.73	94.15	92.93	96.33	91.05	93.66	93.64	93.88	94.13	94.37
Djibouti					99.43	98.66	98.35	97.67	98.23	97.39	97.31	96.62	95.44
Dominica																		100.00
Dominican Republic							93.06	93.29	94.95	96.61	91.88	87.16	82.43
Ecuador						94.78	94.91	95.04	95.18	95.31	95.44	95.58	95.71	95.84	95.97	96.11	96.24	96.37	96.50	96.64	96.77	96.90	97.03	97.17	97.30	97.57
El Salvador						93.33	90.43	87.54	90.09	92.12	94.16	87.58	88.55	89.52	89.60	89.68	89.75	91.36	92.16	92.97	93.78	92.98	91.95	93.30	94.09
Eritrea						48.59	56.99	39.58	48.94	58.31	69.36	80.41
Estonia							85.57	85.04	89.79	90.50	90.07	89.64	89.20	88.77	88.34	87.91	87.48	87.05	86.61	90.73	91.63	92.94	90.95	87.86
Swaziland																				95.50
Ethiopia					54.21	55.89	57.56	59.24	60.92	62.59	64.27	65.94	67.62	69.30	70.97	65.85	66.56	65.19	63.90	61.70	64.63
Fiji																			99.87
Finland					93.11	93.33	92.28	91.65	91.29	91.00	92.98	92.45	93.10	92.93	93.74	93.92	92.84	93.99	94.22	93.69	91.16	91.20	90.98	91.47
France				90.78	90.87	90.95	91.03	91.12	91.20	91.28	91.37	91.45	91.53	91.62	91.70	91.78	91.87	91.95	92.03	92.12	92.20	92.28	92.37	92.15
Gambia														57.54	62.61	57.24	65.99	57.84
Germany				91.00	91.22	91.43	91.65	91.86	92.08	92.30	92.51	92.73	92.68	92.39	91.82	90.41	90.81	92.43	92.60	92.94	93.21	93.28	93.06	92.48
Ghana							99.79	96.24	92.70	89.15	85.26	82.06	79.23	86.61	89.48	83.09	89.42	95.75	94.77	91.42
Gibraltar																						87.55	96.50
Greece				79.06	79.79	81.87	81.04	83.29	78.16	79.25	78.32	79.08	79.84	80.60	81.36	82.11	82.87	83.63	84.39	85.15	85.91	86.67	87.42	88.18
Grenada									90.51
Guatemala												92.20	90.36	88.51	94.21	99.91	97.55	96.56	96.74	96.72	96.21	97.44	95.59	92.39	94.68	95.23
Guinea														65.57	93.96	92.29	96.48	86.94	77.39	87.61	87.67	87.67	87.67	87.63	97.97	98.62
Guinea Bissau				34.58	37.87	41.15	44.43	47.71	50.99	54.28	57.56	60.84	64.12	67.41	70.69	73.97	70.46	66.89	49.23
Guyana								84.73	87.06	89.39	85.39	85.30	85.22	84.73	84.24	91.26	79.34	85.39
Honduras																			95.29
Hong Kong													86.00	86.90	66.52	87.32	84.13	81.79
Hungary				91.79	91.80	90.28	89.82	89.54	92.33	93.58	92.64	92.37	94.03	94.22	91.58	89.63	90.91	95.65	95.31	91.33	93.67	92.57	89.90	86.49
Iceland										90.30	91.49	90.01	90.26	91.94	92.22	93.36	94.54	94.23	94.73	93.88	94.49	95.47	95.42	93.89
India					98.13	96.11	95.89	95.67	95.45	95.40	95.19
Indonesia													90.76	90.42	89.81	88.05	87.43	86.64	87.86	88.32	88.13
Iran						91.40	91.60	91.79	92.11	92.42	92.74	93.05	93.37	93.68	94.00	94.31	94.63	94.94	95.26	93.50	95.80	95.89	95.74	95.12	94.14
Ireland				93.14	90.98	88.90	87.36	89.39	92.67	93.24	91.56	91.95	90.35	90.84	91.47	91.29	93.31	94.95	94.17	93.77	93.11	92.60	94.73	94.79
Israel				88.21	91.33	91.89	92.45	92.45	92.41	92.84	93.87	93.95	93.51	92.29	92.13	91.62	91.62	91.05	90.71	91.23	90.83	90.58	90.08	88.79
Italy				93.54	92.77	92.00	92.39	91.64	91.98	92.10	92.81	94.31	94.34	94.09	94.76	95.18	95.26	95.90	94.57	95.16	95.02	96.44	97.97	97.22
Jamaica								91.31	93.42	95.53	94.29	93.05	91.82	90.58	100.00	98.47	96.95	97.90	97.96	98.01	97.66	97.33	97.21	98.04	98.36
Japan				88.18	87.51	88.11	88.82	89.19	88.90	89.46	90.94	90.54	90.97	90.70	88.72	86.73	87.49	88.98	88.10	86.10	87.38	88.66	88.79	89.74
Jordan					84.24	84.69	85.14	85.59	86.04	86.49	86.94	87.39	87.84	88.29	88.74	89.19	89.64	90.09	90.54	90.99	91.44	91.89	94.37	89.60	85.68
Kazakhstan								93.05	93.56	94.07	93.81	92.07	91.80	90.43	91.02	90.60	93.31	91.80	94.86	94.63	96.54	95.95	95.80	95.45	100.00
Kenya																	94.35	94.42	95.35	94.06	92.54
South Korea				79.30	82.17	82.33	82.49	82.64	82.80	82.96	83.11	83.27	83.43	83.58	83.74	83.90	84.05	84.21	84.37	84.52	84.68	84.84	84.99	84.75
Kuwait								93.56	93.13	92.70	92.27
Kyrgyzstan											94.61	91.77	87.32	86.53	91.71	93.53	93.92	94.59	90.09	86.67	84.32	82.23	85.09	87.29	89.87
Laos															74.88	81.66	81.29	72.64	85.41	85.03
Latvia					96.40	94.17	93.11	86.50	91.15	91.62	89.55	87.48	84.61	84.18	87.31	87.32	87.71	87.56	87.39	82.05	84.37	90.69	88.60	84.54
Lebanon							99.15	96.29	96.29	96.29	96.32	96.37	93.06	83.82	85.95	88.09	86.93	99.82
Lesotho					73.57	82.46	91.34	92.33	93.32	94.31	95.30	96.29	97.28	98.27	98.10	97.92	97.75	97.57	97.40	97.23	97.05	96.88	96.70	96.53
Liberia														88.80
Liechtenstein													100.00	100.00	93.68	87.37	94.60
Lithuania									95.51	94.35	93.16	90.53	88.70	90.91	96.09	92.37	88.34	87.52	86.78	86.04	87.58	93.13	94.54	93.60
Luxembourg							82.48	82.94	83.40	83.86	84.32	84.78	85.24	85.70	86.16	86.62	87.08	87.54	87.77	88.20	90.15	90.64	91.12	90.63
Macau															90.64	58.46	43.44	32.81	73.30	87.80	90.78	91.95	92.64	81.23	79.43
Madagascar											68.22	71.83	73.30	89.97	90.19	90.41	90.63	95.41	96.92
Malawi																95.05	99.39	92.79	86.20	97.10	98.75	96.93
Malaysia				78.27	73.71	65.19	60.21	58.31	65.81	86.92	85.42	83.92	82.42	99.44	84.50	89.43	94.35	89.55	90.46	94.25	94.39	91.93	92.09	93.36	92.38
Maldives															99.74	98.74	98.56	98.81	99.39	99.30	99.06	99.30
Mali														80.90	77.59	95.02	92.28	97.60	97.52	97.12	96.18	96.39	97.02
Malta				88.70	90.14	91.59	93.03	94.48	94.45	94.42	93.81	93.21	92.60	91.99	94.39	89.92	92.43	87.22	85.28	92.25	86.41	84.67	90.01
Marshall Islands								97.59	92.85	88.10	83.35	78.60	80.25	81.89	83.54	85.19	86.83	88.48	90.12	91.77	93.42	95.06	96.71	98.35	100.00
Mauritius																86.48
Mexico							96.94	97.24	96.88	96.83	96.90	96.76	96.87	96.53	95.92	96.08	96.10	96.39	95.61	95.70	96.94	96.69	97.58	97.87
Moldova												97.02	90.51	86.60	93.61	91.76	93.13	93.36	91.69	89.38	92.46	91.29	87.69	88.35	91.09
Monaco				91.15	90.85	91.99	92.24	92.49	92.74	92.99	93.76	94.54	95.32	96.09	96.87	99.11	67.35	57.09	71.80	91.61	92.18	89.30	83.97	78.63	73.29
Mongolia				97.45	97.79	99.19	97.13	95.07	95.56	96.05	96.54	97.04	97.53	98.02	98.51	99.00	99.49	99.99	99.99	100.00	100.00	86.03	91.11
Morocco				90.82	90.71
Mozambique											77.36	73.20	74.46	75.71	76.97	78.23	79.48	80.74	80.74
Burma (Myanmar)																	86.59	85.43	84.28	83.12	81.97	80.81	79.66	77.11	74.56
Namibia						92.84	93.47	94.11	94.74	95.37	96.00	96.64	97.27	97.90	98.54	99.17	97.52	95.88	94.23	92.58
Nepal																87.17	86.12	86.52	87.92	87.33	89.03
Netherlands				93.41	88.53	88.45	87.52	86.75	87.17	87.33	87.30	86.37	86.69	86.43	87.85	88.12	88.19	87.74	87.82	87.95	88.61	89.18	89.08	89.38
Nicaragua								90.80	90.52	90.24	89.96	89.68	89.40	89.12	88.84	88.56
Niger												73.36	81.91	91.32	78.94	92.13	90.55	86.41	81.24	74.10	88.10	94.82	97.63	99.17
Macedonia (F.Y.R.O.M.)								97.92
Norway				87.30	87.53	89.32	89.99	90.51	89.06	89.09	89.34	89.33	88.48	88.67	87.53	88.69	89.86	90.71	89.01	89.25	87.72	87.59	87.02	87.22
Oman								85.65	85.89	86.13	86.38	86.62	86.86	87.11	87.35	87.59	87.84	88.08	88.32	85.93	83.54	81.15	83.41	85.66	87.92	90.17
Pakistan											61.54	75.48	73.86	74.12	74.39	74.65	74.91	75.17	75.44
Panama							96.57	79.03	80.17	81.30	82.44	83.58	84.72	85.85
Paraguay					88.86	92.90	94.39	95.88	96.00	95.57	94.31	93.06	91.80	92.36	92.92	93.48	92.07	91.61	92.17	92.72	93.27	93.82	93.92	94.01	94.11	94.20
Peru				88.67	88.32	95.53	92.14	95.67	93.53	93.93	90.56	90.74	89.79	83.74	80.81	79.08	79.55	75.56	77.39	79.52	77.83	81.78	81.92	83.18	85.20	86.56
Philippines				93.45	92.87	92.28	90.28	96.73	97.38	96.72	96.55	95.05	93.54	88.23	91.78
Poland				90.68	90.38	92.95	93.29	94.11	94.05	93.43	93.12	90.51	91.96	92.17	92.41	90.69	91.11	92.25	92.49	92.73	92.63	94.80	93.49	91.42
Portugal				92.31	93.07	94.54	94.22	95.03	96.71	96.79	96.40	96.11	96.48	96.47	93.76	96.21	97.24	89.54	96.43	97.18	95.25	95.77	96.29	95.92
Puerto Rico																			95.41	95.38
Qatar																				68.12	72.12	76.11	77.64	81.39	85.15
Romania				93.94	93.10	92.26	91.43	89.75	91.92	94.06	93.54	82.28	79.75	78.99	86.25	89.24	91.24	92.11	93.56	95.00	94.32	93.65	95.15	94.79
Russia																		90.87	91.80	90.37	92.79	94.07	91.70	92.45
Rwanda					76.52	79.70	58.24	64.27	70.31	76.35	82.38	88.42	94.45	88.94	86.41	83.88	84.41	92.45	90.13	89.67	89.21	86.96
San Marino																100.00	100.00	99.97	99.93	99.90	99.87	99.84	99.80	99.31	99.46
Senegal															87.08	90.85	87.08	88.45	78.59	87.65	85.27	95.01
Serbia													95.28	95.98	97.29	97.51	97.43	97.47	95.78	98.13	98.13	96.82	94.90	96.80	96.77
Seychelles								90.29	91.12	89.58	88.04	86.50	87.20	87.90	88.60	89.30	90.00	99.14	81.99	92.56	93.67	94.77
Sierra Leone						100.00	99.69	99.38	99.07	98.76	98.45	98.14	97.83	97.70	99.90	97.48	98.81	99.06	99.46	99.48
Singapore															91.24	90.80	92.30	89.60	91.80
Slovakia					95.80	95.24	93.83	94.07	93.27	94.59	94.36	94.19	95.86	95.28	94.35	87.82	90.01	92.38	92.82	92.85	84.97	94.74	94.51	94.02
Slovenia									90.38	90.49	90.03	89.70	91.74	88.87	90.06	91.34	91.42	91.46	87.99	87.40	91.82	87.25	93.13	91.67
South Africa									97.87	92.53	87.19	96.50	96.53	96.89	96.22	96.31	96.40	96.49	96.58	96.67	95.66	94.66	95.04	95.05	95.81	96.02
South Sudan																			98.74	83.46	100.00	100.00
Spain					90.19	91.05	91.14	90.47	88.96	90.17	90.16	88.36	87.78	87.47	88.45	89.23	89.23	92.16	94.15	94.71	94.65	95.44	94.88	94.90
Sri Lanka															90.86	85.44	83.20	81.41	78.29	80.24	80.73	71.01	80.00	74.66
Saint Kitts and Nevis				64.67	65.54	66.40	67.27	68.13	69.00	69.86	70.73	71.59	72.46	73.32	74.19	75.05	75.92	76.78	77.65	78.51	79.38	80.24
Saint Lucia					98.33	98.89	98.99	99.09	99.19	99.30	86.49	73.68	76.19	78.70	81.22	83.73	86.24	88.75	91.27	89.79	88.31	90.15	92.00	93.84
Saint Vincent and Grenadines						72.01	82.38	92.75	83.98	75.22	66.45	83.22	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Sweden				100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	97.32	94.64	94.66	93.37	93.69	93.62	94.08	93.98	94.38	94.22	94.35	94.93	94.89	94.91	95.12	95.81	94.82
Switzerland				89.26	89.12	91.04	90.84	90.06	90.32	90.91	90.85	91.47	92.51	92.19	91.49	91.40	90.99	91.34	90.97	90.04	89.76	89.40
Tajikistan					90.03	89.78	89.53	89.28	89.03	88.78	88.53	88.28	88.03	87.78	87.52	87.27	87.02	86.77	86.52	86.27	86.02
Thailand																96.72	94.00	95.09	95.04	94.33
Timor Leste															79.15	90.29	86.27	94.99	97.20	95.96
Togo				80.79	85.38	89.98	90.87	91.77	92.66	93.56	94.46	95.35	96.25	97.15	98.04	89.39	92.22	86.99	98.31	97.70	97.48	97.58
Tunisia					87.18	85.51	86.39	88.40	88.66	88.93	89.19	89.46	89.72	89.99	88.02	89.65
Turkey					80.35	85.61	86.17	88.66	85.43	78.91	84.18	89.45
Turkmenistan																		66.31
Turks and Caicos				90.48	72.75	60.13	68.21	70.85	74.96	79.08	83.19	83.11	83.03	82.95	82.87	82.79	82.71	82.63	82.55	82.47	82.40	81.98	81.57	81.16
Uganda										74.80	76.71	78.62	80.54	82.45	84.36	86.64	79.21	88.31	90.52	87.44
Ukraine				97.07	94.38	91.69	92.13	92.56	93.00	93.43	93.86	94.30	94.73	95.17	95.60	96.03	96.47	96.90	97.51	97.78	94.69	91.59	92.30	93.39	93.50
United Arab Emirates																									73.77
United Kingdom				95.09	94.28	94.85	92.29	93.03	93.92	92.07	92.01	91.38	93.92	91.73	90.36	88.59	93.85	95.58	97.32	97.29	97.38	97.70	97.49	97.69
Uruguay					93.04	95.25	93.84	92.42	92.72	87.79	95.28	94.26	94.48	94.70	94.93	95.15	95.37	95.52	95.67	95.82	95.97	95.89	96.82	96.35	92.97
Uzbekistan																								100.00	100.00	100.00
Vanuatu				85.07	79.10	82.38	52.77	59.34	65.91	72.48	79.05	85.62	92.19	98.76	98.31	98.37	98.44	98.50	98.56	98.62	98.68	98.74	98.81	99.25	99.68	99.41
Venezuela												92.14	97.34	97.22	97.11
Vietnam															75.45	74.70	76.89	79.70	78.11
West Bank and Gaza																			95.33	95.91	96.50	95.11	97.77
Yemen														74.25
Zambia						97.32	97.54	97.76	97.98	98.21	96.87	95.53	94.19	92.86	91.52	90.18	88.85	87.51	86.17	84.84	83.50	92.15

Public expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure is the total public education expenditure (current and capital) expressed as a percentage of total government expenditure for all sectors in a given financial year. Public education expenditure includes government spending on educational institutions (both public and private), education administration, and subsidies for private entities (students/households and other privates entities).

Source: World Bank

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