The CIA World Factbook Edition 2018 People and Society

Education expenditure In 18 editions of 36.

Education expenditure was published in 18 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 2008 to 2025. The 2018 edition carries it in 201 entries, in its People and Society section, under the heading “Education expenditures”. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2018 edition
201
the first edition with it
2008
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Education expenditures” (2008 to 2025) and “Education expenditure” (2025).

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Entries with Education expenditure in each edition

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Africa

52 entries

Algeria

4.3% of GDP (2008)

Angola

3.5% of GDP (2010)

Benin

4.4% of GDP (2015)

Botswana

9.6% of GDP (2009)

Burkina Faso

4.2% of GDP (2015)

Burundi

5.4% of GDP (2013)

Cabo Verde

5.4% of GDP (2016)

Cameroon

2.8% of GDP (2013)

Central African Republic

1.2% of GDP (2011)

Chad

2.9% of GDP (2013)

Comoros

4.3% of GDP (2015)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo

2.3% of GDP (2015)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

6.2% of GDP (2010)

Cote d'Ivoire now Cote d'Ivoire

4.8% of GDP (2015)

Djibouti

4.5% of GDP (2010)

Egypt

3.8% of GDP (2008)

Eswatini

7.1% of GDP (2014)

Ethiopia

4.5% of GDP (2013)

Gabon

2.7% of GDP (2014)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

2.8% of GDP (2013)

Ghana

6.2% of GDP (2014)

Guinea

2.4% of GDP (2014)

Guinea-Bissau

2.1% of GDP (2013)

Kenya

5.3% of GDP (2015)

Lesotho

11.4% of GDP (2008)

Liberia

2.8% of GDP (2012)

Libya

NA

Madagascar

2.1% of GDP (2013)

Malawi

4.7% of GDP (2016)

Mali

3.8% of GDP (2015)

Mauritania

2.6% of GDP (2016)

Mauritius

5.1% of GDP (2017)

Morocco

5.3% of GDP (2009)

Mozambique

6.5% of GDP (2013)

Namibia

8.3% of GDP (2010)

Niger

6% of GDP (2015)

Nigeria

NA

Rwanda

3.5% of GDP (2016)

Sao Tome and Principe

3.7% of GDP (2014)

Senegal

7.1% of GDP (2015)

Seychelles

3.6% of GDP (2011)

Sierra Leone

2.9% of GDP (2016)

Somalia

NA

South Africa

5.9% of GDP (2016)

South Sudan

1.8% of GDP (2016)

Sudan

2.2% of GDP (2009)

Tanzania

3.5% of GDP (2014)

Togo

5.1% of GDP (2016)

Tunisia

6.6% of GDP (2015)

Uganda

2.3% of GDP (2014)

Zambia

1.1% of GDP (2008)

Zimbabwe

8.4% of GDP (2014)

Arctic Region

1 entry

Iceland

7.8% of GDP (2013)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

3.2% of GDP (2015)

Armenia

2.8% of GDP (2016)

Azerbaijan

3% of GDP (2015)

Bangladesh

2.5% of GDP (2016)

Bhutan

7.4% of GDP (2015)

China

NA

Georgia

3.8% of GDP (2016)

India

3.8% of GDP (2013)

Japan

3.6% of GDP (2014)

Kazakhstan

3% of GDP (2016)

Korea, North now North Korea

NA

Korea, South now South Korea

5.1% of GDP (2015)

Kyrgyzstan

6% of GDP (2015)

Maldives

4.3% of GDP (2016)

Mongolia

5.2% of GDP (2016)

Nepal

3.7% of GDP (2015)

Pakistan

2.8% of GDP (2017)

Russia

3.8% of GDP (2012)

Sri Lanka

3.5% of GDP (2016)

Tajikistan

5.2% of GDP (2015)

Turkmenistan

3% of GDP (2012)

Uzbekistan

NA

Central America and the Caribbean

26 entries

Anguilla

2.8% of GDP (2008)

Antigua and Barbuda

2.5% of GDP (2009)

Aruba

6.5% of GDP (2015)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

NA

Barbados

5.1% of GDP (2016)

Belize

7.4% of GDP (2017)

British Virgin Islands

6.3% of GDP (2015)

Cayman Islands

NA

Costa Rica

7.1% of GDP (2016)

Cuba

12.8% of GDP (2010)

Curacao

4.9% of GDP (2013)

Dominica

3.4% of GDP (2015)

El Salvador

3.5% of GDP (2016)

Grenada

10.3% of GDP (2016)

Guatemala

2.8% of GDP (2016)

Haiti

NA

Honduras

5.9% of GDP (2013)

Jamaica

5.4% of GDP (2017)

Montserrat

5.1% of GDP (2009)

Nicaragua

4.5% of GDP (2010)

Panama

3.2% of GDP (2011)

Puerto Rico

6% of GDP (2014)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

2.8% of GDP (2015)

Saint Lucia

5.7% of GDP (2016)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

5.8% of GDP (2016)

Turks and Caicos Islands

3.3% of GDP (2015)

Europe

41 entries

Albania

3.5% of GDP (2015)

Andorra

3.3% of GDP (2016)

Austria

5.4% of GDP (2014)

Belarus

5% of GDP (2016)

Belgium

6.6% of GDP (2014)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

NA

Bulgaria

4.1% of GDP (2013)

Croatia

4.6% of GDP (2013)

Czechia

4% of GDP (2014)

Denmark

7.6% of GDP (2014)

Estonia

5.5% of GDP (2014)

Finland

7.2% of GDP (2014)

France

5.5% of GDP (2014)

Germany

4.9% of GDP (2014)

Gibraltar

NA

Holy See (Vatican City)

NA

Hungary

4.6% of GDP (2014)

Ireland

4.9% of GDP (2014)

Italy

4.1% of GDP (2014)

Latvia

5.3% of GDP (2014)

Liechtenstein

2.6% of GDP (2011)

Lithuania

4.5% of GDP (2014)

Luxembourg

4% of GDP (2014)

Malta

7.2% of GDP (2014)

Moldova

6.7% of GDP (2016)

Monaco

1.4% of GDP (2016)

Montenegro

NA

Netherlands

5.5% of GDP (2014)

Norway

7.7% of GDP (2014)

Poland

4.9% of GDP (2014)

Portugal

5.1% of GDP (2014)

Romania

3.1% of GDP (2014)

San Marino

2.4% of GDP (2011)

Serbia

4% of GDP (2015)

Slovakia

4.6% of GDP (2015)

Slovenia

5.3% of GDP (2014)

Spain

4.3% of GDP (2014)

Sweden

7.7% of GDP (2014)

Switzerland

5.1% of GDP (2014)

Ukraine

5.9% of GDP (2014)

United Kingdom

5.6% of GDP (2015)

Middle East

16 entries

Bahrain

2.7% of GDP (2016)

Cyprus

6.1% of GDP (2014)

Gaza Strip

5.7% of GDP (2016)

note: includes Gaza Strip and the West Bank

Iran

3.4% of GDP (2016)

Iraq

NA

Israel

5.7% of GDP (2014)

Jordan

3.9% of GDP (2016)

Lebanon

2.5% of GDP (2013)

Oman

6.2% of GDP (2016)

Qatar

3.6% of GDP (2014)

Saudi Arabia

5.1% of GDP (2008)

Syria

5.1% of GDP (2009)

Turkey now Turkiye

4.4% of GDP (2014)

United Arab Emirates

NA

West Bank

5.7% of GDP (2015)

note: includes Gaza Strip and the West Bank

Yemen

4.6% of GDP (2008)

North America

4 entries

Bermuda

1.5% of GDP (2017)

Canada

5.3% of GDP (2011)

Mexico

5.3% of GDP (2014)

United States

5% of GDP (2014)

Oceania

14 entries

American Samoa

NA

Australia

5.2% of GDP (2014)

Cook Islands

4.7% of GDP (2016)

Fiji

3.9% of GDP (2013)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

12.5% of GDP (2015)

Nauru

NA

New Zealand

6.3% of GDP (2015)

Niue

NA

Papua New Guinea

NA

Samoa

4.1% of GDP (2016)

Solomon Islands

10% of GDP (2010)

Tokelau

NA

Tuvalu

NA

Vanuatu

5.5% of GDP (2015)

South America

12 entries

Argentina

5.9% of GDP (2015)

Bolivia

7.3% of GDP (2014)

Brazil

5.9% of GDP (2014)

Chile

4.9% of GDP (2015)

Colombia

4.5% of GDP (2016)

Ecuador

5% of GDP (2015)

Guyana

3.2% of GDP (2012)

Paraguay

5% of GDP (2012)

Peru

3.8% of GDP (2016)

Suriname

NA

Uruguay

4.4% of GDP (2011)

Venezuela

6.9% of GDP (2009)

Southeast Asia

13 entries

Brunei

4.4% of GDP (2016)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

0.8% of GDP (2011)

Cambodia

1.9% of GDP (2014)

Hong Kong

3.3% of GDP (2017)

Indonesia

3.6% of GDP (2015)

Laos

2.9% of GDP (2014)

Macau

3% of GDP (2015)

Malaysia

4.8% of GDP (2016)

Philippines

2.7% of GDP (2009)

Singapore

2.9% of GDP (2013)

Thailand

4.1% of GDP (2013)

Timor-Leste

7.5% of GDP (2014)

Vietnam

5.7% of GDP (2013)

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2018, “Education expenditure”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/education-expenditure/2018.

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