25-17  Public Expenditures on Education as Percentage of GNP

Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization《Statistical Yearbook》1999.

(%)

Country or

1980

1985

1990

1995

1996

Territory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

World

4.8

4.8

4.8

5.2

 

China②

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.5

United States③

 

4.9

5.2

5.4⑧

 

Japan③

5.8

5.0

4.7

3.6⑧

 

Germany ①

4.7

4.5

 

4.8

4.8

United Kingdom③

5.6

4.9

4.9

5.3

 

France③

5.0

5.8

5.4

6.1

6.0

Italy③

4.4⑥

5.0

 

4.7

4.9

Canada③

6.9

6.5

6.8

6.9⑧

 

Australia③

5.5

5.6

5.3

5.5

 

Russian Fed.③

3.5

3.2

3.5

3.5

 

Czech Rep.③

4.0

4.2

4.6

5.4

5.1

Poland③

 

4.9

 

5.2

7.5

Hungary③

4.7

5.5

6.1

5.3

4.6

Romania

3.3

2.2

2.8

 

3.6

Bulgaria

4.5

5.5

5.6

3.9

3.2

Former Yugoslavia

4.7

3.4

6.1

 

 

India

3.0

3.5

3.9

3.3

3.2

Indonesia

1.7

1.4

1.0⑤

1.4⑨

1.4⑨

Philippines

1.7

1.4

2.9

3.0

3.2

Thailand

3.4

3.8

3.6

4.1

4.8

Malaysia

6.0

6.6

5.5

4.7

5.2

Singapore

2.8

4.4

3.0

3.0

 

Pakistan

2.1

2.9

2.7

2.8

3.0

Bangladesh⑨

1.1

1.4

1.5

 

2.2

Turkey

2.2

1.8

2.1⑩

2.2

 

Korea,Rep.of③

3.7

4.5

3.5

3.7

 

Egypt

5.7④

6.3

3.8

4.8

 

Nigeria⑨

 

1.2

1.0

0.7

 

Mexico③

4.7

3.9

3.7

4.9

 

Brazil

3.6

3.8

4.5⑦

5.1

 

Argentina

2.7

2.7⑾

3.4⑿

3.8⑧

3.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

①Data prior to 1991 refer to the former Federal Republic of  Germany. ②Data refer to the proportion of budgetary expenditure for educatin to GNP. 

③Starting from 1990, the data is not comparable with those for the past years. ④Data refer to 1981.⑤Ministry of Education only.⑥Data refer to 1979.

⑦Data refer to 1989. ⑧Data refer to 1994. ⑨Central government only.⑩Not including expenditure on tertiary education. ⑾Data refer to 1984.

⑿Data refer to 1991.