Government expenditure per student, tertiary (% of GDP per capita) - Country Ranking

Definition: Government expenditure per student is the average general government expenditure (current, capital, and transfers) per student in the given level of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP per capita.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Malawi 1,317.60 2011
2 Tanzania 631.62 2010
3 Eritrea 592.34 2004
4 Burkina Faso 351.47 2016
5 Burundi 308.80 2013
6 Niger 275.25 2017
7 Ethiopia 266.23 2014
8 Vanuatu 262.58 2001
9 Botswana 246.07 2009
10 Djibouti 193.01 2010
11 Samoa 187.60 2001
12 Chad 186.65 2011
13 Mali 166.92 2017
14 Mozambique 165.60 2013
15 Zimbabwe 161.42 2013
16 Côte d'Ivoire 150.17 2017
17 Senegal 131.01 2018
18 Eswatini 128.19 2014
19 Tonga 126.53 2004
20 The Gambia 114.99 2012
21 Kuwait 112.90 2004
22 Central African Republic 100.54 2011
23 Rwanda 97.66 2018
24 Mauritania 95.78 2016
25 Saudi Arabia 93.47 1998
26 Uganda 91.44 2012
27 Guinea 89.67 2014
28 China 89.12 1999
29 Congo 88.05 2013
30 Angola 82.15 2006
31 Morocco 82.09 2009
32 Benin 77.72 2015
33 Togo 77.17 2017
34 Kenya 76.42 2015
35 Namibia 76.01 2014
36 Dem. Rep. Congo 72.93 2013
37 Seychelles 70.71 2016
38 Pakistan 67.24 2017
39 Palau 64.91 2001
40 Fiji 62.67 2004
41 Afghanistan 58.22 2014
42 Ghana 55.54 2014
43 Tunisia 54.74 2015
44 Ecuador 52.68 2015
45 Liberia 51.35 2012
46 Bhutan 50.69 2014
47 Syrian Arab Republic 49.41 2009
48 India 49.27 2013
49 South Africa 47.98 2018
50 Lesotho 44.69 2018
51 Malta 44.40 2015
52 Oman 43.56 2016
53 Sweden 43.25 2016
54 Denmark 43.13 2014
55 Luxembourg 42.76 2015
56 São Tomé and Principe 41.93 2014
57 Barbados 41.67 2010
58 Honduras 40.94 2015
59 Norway 39.82 2016
60 Cuba 38.78 2007
61 Cabo Verde 38.32 2017
62 United Kingdom 37.99 2016
63 Costa Rica 37.51 2018
64 Switzerland 37.41 2016
65 Estonia 36.92 2016
66 Jamaica 36.59 2015
67 Austria 36.24 2016
68 Netherlands 35.78 2016
69 Turkey 35.28 2016
70 Ukraine 34.47 2017
71 Vietnam 34.22 2013
72 Finland 33.93 2016
73 Germany 33.58 2016
74 Puerto Rico 33.28 2014
75 Brazil 33.04 2015
76 Belgium 32.21 2016
77 Brunei 31.93 2016
78 France 31.62 2016
79 Sri Lanka 31.56 2018
80 Canada 31.44 2016
81 Bangladesh 29.90 2016
82 Serbia 29.78 2017
83 Mexico 29.66 2016
84 Slovak Republic 27.60 2016
85 Belize 27.32 2017
86 Iceland 27.31 2016
87 Portugal 26.91 2015
88 Moldova 26.65 2018
89 Cyprus 26.52 2016
90 Romania 26.10 2016
91 Croatia 25.75 2013
92 Poland 25.41 2016
93 Hungary 25.41 2016
94 Uruguay 25.39 2017
95 Jordan 25.33 2018
96 New Zealand 25.26 2016
97 Comoros 24.83 2014
98 Italy 24.33 2016
99 Slovenia 24.33 2016
100 Hong Kong SAR, China 24.20 2018
101 Nepal 24.16 2015
102 Iran 24.16 2017
103 Malaysia 23.75 2018
104 Bosnia and Herzegovina 23.73 2016
105 Singapore 23.54 2017
106 North Macedonia 22.70 2002
107 Andorra 22.29 2018
108 Spain 21.82 2016
109 Colombia 21.64 2018
110 Bahrain 21.43 2013
111 Indonesia 20.77 2015
112 Japan 20.61 2016
113 Venezuela 20.51 2009
114 Libya 20.42 1999
115 Lao PDR 20.34 2014
116 Czech Republic 20.34 2016
117 Chile 20.26 2017
118 Russia 19.82 2016
119 Tajikistan 19.57 2015
120 Lebanon 19.48 2013
121 United States 19.43 2016
122 Azerbaijan 19.39 2017
123 Cameroon 19.36 2013
124 Macao SAR, China 19.05 2017
125 Panama 18.74 2012
126 Israel 18.18 2016
127 Thailand 18.17 2013
128 Guatemala 18.06 2015
129 Lithuania 17.99 2016
130 Belarus 17.92 2017
131 Australia 17.83 2016
132 Latvia 17.73 2016
133 Argentina 16.91 2017
134 Myanmar 16.69 2018
135 Bulgaria 16.60 2013
136 Ireland 15.54 2016
137 Antigua and Barbuda 15.48 2009
138 Timor-Leste 15.06 2010
139 Korea 15.02 2016
140 Paraguay 14.26 2010
141 Albania 13.79 2017
142 Guyana 13.74 2012
143 Greece 11.20 2015
144 El Salvador 11.13 2018
145 Peru 10.88 2017
146 Philippines 10.57 2009
147 Georgia 10.02 2017
148 Armenia 9.88 2017
149 Mauritius 9.58 2017
150 Liechtenstein 9.14 2007
151 San Marino 8.72 2011
152 Kazakhstan 7.46 2018
153 St. Kitts and Nevis 5.84 2015
154 Cambodia 5.25 2011
155 Grenada 5.20 2017
156 Mongolia 5.19 2017
157 Kyrgyz Republic 4.90 2017
158 Madagascar 0.04 2016
159 St. Lucia 0.00 2018
159 Gabon 0.00 1992
159 United Arab Emirates 0.00 1997

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Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: General government expenditure per student in tertiary education is calculated by dividing total government expenditure on tertiary education by the number of students at tertiary level, expressed as a percentage of GDP per capita. Aggregate data are World Bank estimates. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. Data on GDP per capita come from the World Bank. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Aggregation method: Median

Periodicity: Annual