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Table D: Public Expenditure on Education - All Sectors
  % of % of % of % of
  % of Govt % of Govt % of Govt % of Govt
  GNP Spending GNP Spending GNP Spending GNP Spending
  1970   1970   1980   1980   1990   1990   1995   1995
 
 
World Bank   GNP 1970 expenditure70 GNP 1980 expenditure80 GNP 1990   expenditure90 GNP 1995 \
Country Name Col I   Col J   Col K   Col L   Col M   Col N   Col O   Col P
Afghanistan   1.1 2.0 12.7
Albania   10.3 5.8
Algeria   7.9 31.6 7.8 24.3 5.5 21.1 5.8 14.7
American Samoa
Andorra  
Angola   4.9 10.7
Antigua and Barbuda 10.4 3.0
Argentina   9.1 2.7 15.1 1.1 10.9 3.3 11.6
Armenia                   7.3   20.5        
Aruba                   5.0   18.0       16.2
Australia   4.1   13.3   5.5   14.8   5.4   14.8        
Austria   4.5   8.1   5.5   8.0   5.4   7.6   5.7   10.6
Azerbaijan                   7.0   23.5   2.9   17.5
Bahamas, The 4.8   19.4           4.3   17.8        
Bahrain   20.0 2.9 9.4 5.0 14.6 4.8 12.8
Bangladesh   1.5 7.8 2.0 10.3
Barbados   5.8 21.2 6.5 20.5 7.9 22.2
Belarus   18.7 4.9 5.6 17.1
Belgium   6.0 16.3 5.1 3.1 5.8
Belize   3.8       2.4   14.5   4.8   18.5   5.3   19.6
Benin                           3.2   15.2
Bermuda   3.6   18.8   4.0       3.3   14.5        
Bhutan                                
Bolivia   3.4   28.4   4.4   25.3   2.7       6.6    
Bosnia and Herzegovina                              
Botswana   4.7       6.0   16.0   6.9   17.0   8.6   15.8
Brazil   2.9 10.6 3.6 5.5
Brunei   13.9 11.8 2.5
Bulgaria   9.1 4.5 5.6 4.0
Burkina Faso 2.2 19.8 2.7 1.4
Burundi   3.4 16.7 4.1
Cambodia   5.8   23.5                        
Cameroon   3.4   19.6   3.6   20.3   3.5   19.6        
Canada   8.7   24.1   6.9   16.3   6.8   14.2        
Cape Verde                                
Cayman Islands                              
Central African Republic                 2.2            
Chad                                
Channel Islands
Chile   5.1 22.0 4.6 11.9 2.7 10.4 3.0 14.0
China   1.2 4.3 2.5 9.3 2.3 12.8 2.3
Colombia   1.9 13.6 2.4 19.2 2.6 16.0 4.0 18.6
Comoros  
Congo, Dem. Rep. 2.6 24.2
Congo, Rep.   5.9   23.7   7.0   23.6   5.9   14.4   6.2   14.7
Costa Rica   5.2   31.8   7.8   22.2   4.4   20.8   4.6   19.8
Cote d'Ivoire   5.5   19.3   7.3   22.6           5.2    
Croatia                           5.3    
Cuba   4.2   18.4   7.2       6.6   12.3       10.9
Cyprus   17.4 3.5 12.9 3.4 11.3 13.2
Czech Republic 5.8 13.6
Denmark   6.9 16.9 6.9 9.5 8.2 13.1
Djibouti   10.5
Dominica  
Dominican Republic 2.9 15.9 2.2 16.0 1.9 13.2
Ecuador   4.2   23.2   5.6   33.3   3.1   17.2   3.4   15.2
Egypt, Arab Rep. 4.8   15.8           4.0       4.8   14.9
El Salvador   2.6   27.6   3.9   17.1   2.0   28.1   2.2    
Equatorial Guinea                              
Eritrea                                
Estonia                           6.9   25.5
Ethiopia   14.1 10.4 3.4 9.4 4.0 13.9
Faeroe Islands
Fiji   4.2 15.6 5.1 4.7
Finland   5.9 5.3 5.7 11.9 7.6 12.2
France   4.8 24.9 5.0 5.4 6.1 11.1
French Guiana 12.5 17.6
French Polynesia 0.3
Gabon   3.2   16.2   2.7               2.8    
Gambia, The 2.3   10.8   3.3       4.2   14.6   6.0    
Georgia                                
Germany                           4.8   9.5
Ghana   4.3   19.6   3.1   17.1   3.3   24.3        
Greece   1.7 9.6 2.5 2.9 8.2
Greenland  
Grenada   26.1
Guadeloupe   12.9 14.3
Guam  
Guatemala   2.0 17.5 1.8 11.9 1.4 11.8 1.7 18.2
Guinea  
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana   4.7   13.2           4.8   4.4   4.3   8.1
Haiti           1.5   14.9   1.5   20.0        
Honduras   3.1   18.4   3.2   14.2           3.6   16.5
Hong Kong, China 2.4   22.8   2.4   14.6   2.8   17.4   2.9    
Hungary       6.9   4.7   5.2   6.1   7.8   5.3   9.4
Iceland   3.6 17.7 4.4 14.0 5.6 5.0 12.3
India   2.6 10.7 3.0 11.2 3.9 12.2 3.4 11.6
Indonesia   2.6 1.7 8.9 1.0 1.4 7.8
Iran, Islamic Rep. 9.6 7.5 15.7 4.1 22.4 4.0 17.8
Iraq   3.0
Ireland   4.8   10.8   6.3       5.6   10.2   6.1   13.5
Isle of Man                                
Israel   5.6   8.1   7.9   7.3   6.2   11.3        
Italy   3.7   11.9           3.2       4.7   9.0
Jamaica   3.6       7.0   13.1   5.4   12.8   6.4   7.7
Japan   3.9   20.4   5.8   19.6                
Jordan   3.7 9.3 6.6 14.4 8.9 17.1 8.7 21.4
Kazakhstan   3.2 17.6 4.6 17.6
Kenya   5.0 17.6 6.8 18.1 7.1 17.0 6.8 16.9
Kiribati   7.6 5.4 18.3 9.9
Korea, Dem. Rep.
Korea, Rep.   3.4 21.4 3.7 23.7 3.5 22.4 3.7 17.5
Kuwait   4.2 11.2 2.4 8.1 3.5 3.4 5.7 8.9
Kyrgyz Republic             22.2   8.4   22.5   6.9   23.1
Lao PDR               1.3           2.3    
Latvia           3.3   15.3   3.8   10.8   6.7   16.8
Lebanon       16.8       13.2           2.6   8.7
Lesotho   3.0   16.2   5.1   14.8   3.6   12.2        
Liberia   2.0 9.5 5.7 24.3
Libya   4.5 17.4 3.4
Liechtenstein
Lithuania   15.4 4.8 13.8 5.7 21.8
Luxembourg 3.6 14.8 5.7 14.9 2.6 10.4 4.1 15.1
Macao   10.7
Macedonia, FYR                         5.5   18.7
Madagascar         4.4       1.5            
Malawi   4.6   13.2   3.4   8.4   3.3   11.1   5.5    
Malaysia   4.2   17.7   6.0   14.7   5.5   18.3        
Maldives                   6.3   10.0   6.4   10.5
Mali   3.7 30.8 2.2
Malta   6.3 13.0 3.0 7.8 4.0 8.3 5.2 11.4
Marshall Islands
Martinique   12.4 15.3
Mauritania   3.3 21.9 5.1 16.2
Mauritius   3.1 11.5 5.3 11.6 3.5 11.8
Mayotte  
Mexico   2.3 4.7 20.4 3.7 12.8 4.9 23.0
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.                              
Moldova                   5.6   17.2   7.7   22.9
Monaco                               6.7
Mongolia       15.6       19.1   12.9   17.6   6.0   17.0
Morocco   3.5   16.6   6.1   18.5   5.5   26.1   5.8   24.7
Mozambique         4.4   12.1   6.0   12.0        
Myanmar   3.1   17.9   1.7                    
Namibia   7.4 8.4 24.6
Nepal   0.6 6.7 1.8 10.5 2.0 8.5 3.2 14.0
Netherlands   7.2 7.6 22.6 6.0 14.8 5.2 8.7
Netherlands Antilles
New Caledonia 0.2
New Zealand 4.7 5.8 23.1 6.6
Nicaragua   2.3   18.1   3.4   10.4           3.7    
Niger   1.1   17.7   3.1   22.9                
Nigeria                   1.0       0.9   11.5
Northern Mariana Islands                              
Norway   5.4   15.5   6.5   13.7   7.3   14.6   8.1   16.7
Oman           2.1   4.1   3.5   11.1   4.4   16.3
Pakistan   1.7 4.2 2.0 5.0 2.6 2.8 7.1
Palau  
Panama   5.3 22.1 4.9 19.0 4.9 20.9
Papua New Guinea 4.5 13.2
Paraguay   2.2 15.3 1.5 16.4 1.1 9.1 3.4 18.0
Peru   3.3 18.8 3.1 15.2
Philippines   2.8   24.4   1.7   9.1   2.9   10.1   2.2    
Poland                           5.2    
Portugal   1.5   6.6   3.8       4.3       5.5    
Puerto Rico   7.8                            
Qatar   3.3   8.9   2.6   7.2   3.4            
Reunion   15.6
Romania   8.0 3.3 6.7 2.8 7.3
Russian Federation 3.9 3.5 3.5
Rwanda   2.3 26.6 2.7 21.6
Samoa   20.0 4.2 10.7
Sao Tome and Principe                              
Saudi Arabia 3.5   9.8   4.1   8.7   6.0   17.8   5.5   17.7
Senegal   3.8   21.3           4.0   26.9   3.6   33.1
Seychelles   4.2   11.5   5.8   14.4   8.1   14.8   7.6   16.3
Sierra Leone 3.2   17.5   3.5   11.8                
Singapore   3.1   11.7   2.8   7.3   3.0   18.2   3.0   23.4
Slovak Republic 5.1 5.1
Slovenia   5.8 12.6
Solomon Islands 13.8 5.6 11.2
Somalia   1.0 7.6 1.0 8.7
South Africa 6.5 6.8 20.5
Spain   2.0   15.2   2.3   14.7   4.4   9.4   4.9   12.8
Sri Lanka   4.0   13.6   2.7   7.7   2.7   8.1   3.0   8.1
St. Kitts and Nevis     9.7   5.3   9.4   2.8       3.7   9.8
St. Lucia                                
St. Vincent & the Grenadines 5.8               6.9   13.8        
Sudan   3.9 12.6 4.8 9.1 0.9 2.8
Suriname   7.3 17.9 6.7 22.5
Swaziland   4.9 17.3 6.0 5.9 19.5 7.6 19.9
Sweden   7.6 9.0 14.1 7.7 13.8 8.1 11.6
Switzerland   3.9 18.4 4.9 18.8 4.8 18.7 5.3 14.7
Syrian Arab Republic 3.9   9.4   4.6   8.1   4.3   17.3   3.3   11.2
Tajikistan               29.2   9.7   24.7   2.4   16.1
Tanzania       16.0       11.2   3.4   11.4        
Thailand   3.2   17.3   3.4   20.6   3.6   20.0   4.1   20.1
Togo   2.2   19.0   5.6   19.4   5.6   26.4        
Tonga   11.6
Trinidad and Tobago 3.4 14.0 4.0 11.5 4.0 11.6
Tunisia   7.1 23.2 5.4 16.4 6.2 13.5 6.8 17.4
Turkey   2.1 13.7 2.2 10.5 2.1 2.2
Turkmenistan 4.3 21.0
Uganda   4.1 17.7 1.2 11.3 1.5 11.5 2.6 21.4
Ukraine   5.5   28.1   5.6   24.5   5.2   19.7   7.2    
United Arab Emirates         1.3       1.7   14.6   1.8   16.3
United Kingdom 5.3   14.1   5.6   13.9   4.9       5.4    
United States 7.5   22.7   6.7       5.2   12.3        
Uruguay   3.9   26.1   2.3   10.0   3.1   15.9   2.8    
Uzbekistan   23.0 9.5 20.4 7.4 22.8
Vanuatu   32.1 4.4 4.9
Venezuela   4.1 22.9 4.4 14.7 3.1 12.0
Vietnam   7.5
Virgin Islands (U.S.) 6.5 7.9
West Bank and Gaza
Yemen, Rep.
Yugoslavia, FR (Serb./Mont.)                              
Zambia   4.5   9.0   4.5   7.6   2.3   8.7   2.2   7.1
Zimbabwe   3.4       6.6   13.7   10.4            
 
 
 
 
World   3.1   12.1   3.5   12.2   3.4   13.2   3.4   13.0
Low & middle income 2.4 10.0 3.0 11.6 3.1 13.2 3.3 13.2
    Sub-Saharan Africa 3.8 16.0 4.0 15.5 3.4 12.8 3.4 15.2
    East Asia & Pacific 1.6 6.3 2.4 9.7 2.3 12.8 2.3 10.7
    South Asia 2.5 10.0 2.7 10.2 3.5 11.9 3.3 11.0
    Europe & Central Asia 4.0 17.5 3.7 16.2 4.3 17.1 5.0 18.1
    Latin America & Carib. 3.0 14.5 3.8 17.8 3.0 13.6 4.6 18.1
    Middle East & N. Africa 5.0 15.9 6.1 16.2 4.7 21.1 4.9 17.0
High income 5.4   19.3   5.8   17.3   4.9   13.4   5.0   11.4
Sources:  Columns 1 through 8: UNESCO 1999a;
columns 1 and 2 supplemented by UNESCO 1999b.