Appendix 2-17      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 education 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.