The CIA World Factbook Edition 2020 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 2020 edition carries it in 235 entries, in its People and Society section, under the heading “Education expenditures”. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2020 edition
235
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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World

1 entry

World

NA

Africa

56 entries

Algeria

NA

Angola

3.4% of GDP (2010)

Benin

2.9% of GDP (2018)

Botswana

NA

Burkina Faso

5.4% of GDP (2018)

Burundi

5.1% of GDP (2018)

Cabo Verde

5.2% of GDP (2017)

Cameroon

3.1% of GDP (2018)

Central African Republic

1.2% of GDP (2011)

Chad

2.5% of GDP (2017)

Comoros

2.5% of GDP (2015)

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

1.5% of GDP (2017)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

3.5% of GDP (2018)

Cote d'Ivoire now Cote d'Ivoire

3.3% of GDP (2018)

Djibouti

3.6% of GDP (2018)

Egypt

NA

Equatorial Guinea

NA

Eritrea

NA

Eswatini

7.1% of GDP (2014)

Ethiopia

4.7% of GDP (2015)

Gabon

2.7% of GDP (2014)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

2.4% of GDP (2018)

Ghana

4% of GDP (2018)

Guinea

2.3% of GDP (2018)

Guinea-Bissau

2.1% of GDP (2013)

Kenya

5.3% of GDP (2018)

Lesotho

7% of GDP (2018)

Liberia

2.6% of GDP (2018)

Libya

NA

Madagascar

2.8% of GDP (2018)

Malawi

4.7% of GDP (2018)

Mali

3.8% of GDP (2017)

Mauritania

1.9% of GDP (2019)

Mauritius

4.7% of GDP (2019)

Morocco

NA

Mozambique

5.5% of GDP (2018)

Namibia

3.1% of GDP (2014)

Niger

3.5% of GDP (2018)

Nigeria

NA

Rwanda

3.1% of GDP (2018)

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

NA

Sao Tome and Principe

5.1% of GDP (2018)

Senegal

4.8% of GDP (2018)

Seychelles

4.4% of GDP (2016)

Sierra Leone

7.7% of GDP (2019)

Somalia

NA

South Africa

6.5% of GDP (2019)

South Sudan

1.5% of GDP (2016)

Sudan

NA

Tanzania

3.4% of GDP (2014)

Togo

5.4% of GDP (2018)

Tunisia

6.6% of GDP (2015)

Uganda

2.1% of GDP (2018)

Western Sahara

NA

Zambia

4.6% of GDP NA (2018)

Zimbabwe

5.9% of GDP (2018)

Arctic Region

3 entries

Greenland

NA

Iceland

7.7% of GDP (2017)

Svalbard

NA

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

4.1% of GDP (2017)

Armenia

2.7% of GDP (2017)

Azerbaijan

2.5% of GDP (2018)

Bangladesh

1.3% of GDP (2019)

Bhutan

6.9% of GDP (2018)

China

NA

Georgia

3.5% of GDP (2018)

India

3.8% of GDP (2013)

Japan

3.2% of GDP (2017)

Kazakhstan

2.6% of GDP (2018)

Korea, North now North Korea

NA

Korea, South now South Korea

4.3% of GDP (2016)

Kyrgyzstan

6% of GDP (2017)

Maldives

4.1% of GDP (2016)

Mongolia

4.1% of GDP (2017)

Nepal

5.1% of GDP (2018)

Pakistan

2.9% of GDP (2017)

Russia

4.7% of GDP (2017)

Sri Lanka

2.1% of GDP (2018)

Tajikistan

5.2% of GDP (2015)

Turkmenistan

3.1% of GDP (2012)

Uzbekistan

5.3% of GDP (2017)

Central America and the Caribbean

33 entries

Anguilla

NA

Antigua and Barbuda

NA

Aruba

5.5% of GDP (2016)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

NA

Barbados

4.4% of GDP (2017)

Belize

7.6% of GDP (2018)

British Virgin Islands

2.5% of GDP (2018)

Cayman Islands

NA

Costa Rica

7% of GDP (2019)

Cuba

12.8% of GDP (2010)

Curacao

4.9% of GDP (2013)

Dominica

5.6% of GDP (2019)

Dominican Republic

NA

El Salvador

3.6% of GDP (2018)

Grenada

3.2% of GDP (2017)

Guatemala

3.2% of GDP (2019)

Haiti

2.8% of GDP (2018)

Honduras

6.1% of GDP (2018)

Jamaica

5.2% of GDP (2019)

Montserrat

8.8% of GDP (2019)

Navassa Island

NA

Nicaragua

4.4% of GDP (2017)

Panama

3.2% of GDP (2011)

Puerto Rico

6.1% of GDP (2014)

Saint Barthelemy

NA

Saint Kitts and Nevis

2.6% of GDP (2015)

Saint Lucia

3.3% of GDP (2018)

Saint Martin

NA

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

5.7% of GDP (2018)

Sint Maarten

NA

Trinidad and Tobago

NA

Turks and Caicos Islands

2.9% of GDP (2018)

Virgin Islands

NA

Europe

48 entries

Albania

3.6% of GDP (2017)

Andorra

3.2% of GDP (2019)

Austria

5.4% of GDP (2017)

Belarus

4.8% of GDP (2017)

Belgium

6.4% of GDP (2017)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

NA

Bulgaria

4.1% of GDP (2017)

Croatia

3.9% of GDP (2017)

Czechia

3.9% of GDP (2017)

Denmark

7.8% of GDP (2017)

Estonia

5% of GDP (2017)

European Union

4.6% of GDP (2017)

Finland

6.4% of GDP (2017)

France

5.5% of GDP (2017)

Germany

4.9% of GDP (2017)

Gibraltar

NA

Greece

NA

Guernsey

NA

Holy See (Vatican City)

NA

Hungary

4.7% of GDP (2017)

Ireland

3.5% of GDP (2017)

Isle of Man

NA

Italy

4% of GDP (2017)

Jersey

NA

Kosovo

NA

Latvia

4.4% of GDP (2017)

Liechtenstein

2.6% of GDP (2011)

Lithuania

3.8% of GDP (2017)

Luxembourg

3.6% of GDP (2017)

Malta

4.8% of GDP (2017)

Moldova

5.4% of GDP (2018)

Monaco

1.5% of GDP (2017)

Montenegro

NA

Netherlands

5.2% of GDP (2017)

North Macedonia

NA

Norway

7.9% of GDP (2017)

Poland

4.6% of GDP (2017)

Portugal

5% of GDP (2017)

Romania

3.1% of GDP (2017)

San Marino

3.6% of GDP (2018)

Serbia

3.6% of GDP (2018)

Slovakia

3.9% of GDP (2017)

Slovenia

4.8% of GDP (2017)

Spain

4.2% of GDP (2017)

Sweden

7.6% of GDP (2017)

Switzerland

5.1% of GDP (2017)

Ukraine

5.4% of GDP (2017)

United Kingdom

5.4% of GDP (2017)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

2.3% of GDP (2017)

Cyprus

5.8% of GDP (2017)

Gaza Strip

5.3% of GDP (2017)

note: includes Gaza Strip and the West Bank

Iran

4% of GDP (2018)

Iraq

NA

Israel

6.1% of GDP (2017)

Jordan

3.1% of GDP (2019)

Kuwait

NA

Lebanon

2.5% of GDP (2013)

Oman

6.8% of GDP (2017)

Qatar

2.7% of GDP (2019)

Saudi Arabia

NA

Syria

NA

Turkey now Turkiye

4.3% of GDP (2015)

United Arab Emirates

NA

West Bank

5.3% of GDP (2017)

note: includes Gaza Strip and the West Bank

Yemen

NA

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

1.5% of GDP (2017)

Canada

5.3% of GDP (2011)

Mexico

4.5% of GDP (2017)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

NA

United States

5% of GDP (2014)

Oceania

24 entries

American Samoa

NA

Australia

5.1% of GDP (2017)

Cook Islands

4.7% of GDP (2016)

Fiji

3.9% of GDP (2013)

Guam

NA

Kiribati

NA

Marshall Islands

NA

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

12.5% of GDP (2015)

Midway Islands

NA

Nauru

NA

New Caledonia

NA

New Zealand

6.3% of GDP (2017)

Niue

NA

Norfolk Island

NA

Northern Mariana Islands

NA

Palau

NA

Papua New Guinea

1.9% of GDP (2018)

Samoa

4.2% of GDP (2016)

Solomon Islands

9.9% of GDP (2010)

Tokelau

NA

Tonga

NA

Tuvalu

NA

Vanuatu

4.5% of GDP (2017)

Wallis and Futuna

NA

South America

12 entries

Argentina

5.5% of GDP (2017)

Bolivia

7.3% of GDP (2014)

Brazil

6.3% of GDP (2017)

Chile

5.4% of GDP (2017)

Colombia

4.5% of GDP (2018)

Ecuador

5% of GDP (2015)

Guyana

5.5% of GDP (2018)

Paraguay

3.4% of GDP (2016)

Peru

3.8% of GDP (2019)

Suriname

NA

Uruguay

5% of GDP (2018)

Venezuela

NA

Southeast Asia

14 entries

Brunei

4.4% of GDP (2016)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

1.9% of GDP (2019)

Cambodia

2.2% of GDP (2018)

Hong Kong

3.8% of GDP (2019)

Indonesia

3.6% of GDP (2015)

Laos

2.9% of GDP (2014)

Macau

2.7% of GDP (2018)

Malaysia

4.2% of GDP (2019)

Philippines

NA

Singapore

2.9% of GDP (2013)

Taiwan

NA

Thailand

4.1% of GDP (2013)

Timor-Leste

6.8% of GDP (2018)

Vietnam

4.2% of GDP (2018)

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2020, “Education expenditure”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/education-expenditure/2020.

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