Bulgaria - Education Spending 2017
4.08%
+0.02% from 2016
Bulgaria's education spending was 4.08% in 2017. This was the 85th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2017▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Nigeria | 0.40% | 0.8% |
| 2nd | Indonesia | 1.05% | -13.0% |
| 3rd | Bermuda | 1.32% | -35.0% |
| 4th | Namibia | 1.40% | -86.8% |
| 5th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 1.45% | -31.3% |
| 6th | Monaco | 1.46% | 6.3% |
| 7th | Haiti | 1.50% | 8.0% |
| 8th | Central African Republic | 1.75% | 0.0% |
| 9th | Papua New Guinea | 1.96% | 130.1% |
| 10th | Zimbabwe | 2.00% | -67.4% |
| 11th | Bangladesh | 2.11% | 64.9% |
| 12th | Myanmar | 2.17% | 175.1% |
| 13th | Lebanon | 2.22% | 1.7% |
| 14th | Bahrain | 2.22% | -20.9% |
| 15th | Uganda | 2.25% | 5.4% |
| 16th | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.28% | 5.1% |
| 17th | Guinea | 2.32% | -8.8% |
| 18th | Chad | 2.45% | 2.8% |
| 19th | British Virgin Islands | 2.46% | -24.5% |
| 20th | Gambia, The | 2.46% | 21.5% |
| 21st | Angola | 2.47% | -10.5% |
| 22nd | Turks and Caicos Islands | 2.47% | -15.0% |
| 23rd | Azerbaijan | 2.47% | -14.8% |
| 24th | Lao PDR | 2.50% | -10.0% |
| 25th | Pakistan | 2.58% | -3.4% |
| 26th | Niger | 2.58% | -12.9% |
| 27th | Sri Lanka | 2.59% | -19.7% |
| 28th | Liberia | 2.66% | 25.9% |
| 29th | Bahamas, The | 2.70% | 4.1% |
| 30th | Madagascar | 2.70% | 0.5% |
| 31st | Armenia | 2.71% | -1.8% |
| 32nd | Macao SAR, China | 2.71% | -12.6% |
| 33rd | Puerto Rico (US) | 2.73% | -2.1% |
| 34th | Kazakhstan | 2.75% | -7.6% |
| 35th | Malawi | 2.77% | -15.6% |
| 36th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 2.77% | -7.7% |
| 37th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.84% | -33.4% |
| 38th | Singapore | 2.88% | -2.2% |
| 39th | Guatemala | 2.95% | 0.2% |
| 40th | Qatar | 2.97% | -17.7% |
| 41st | Sierra Leone | 2.98% | 60.1% |
| 42nd | Cameroon | 3.06% | 19.4% |
| 43rd | Paraguay | 3.09% | -10.0% |
| 44th | Romania | 3.12% | 3.1% |
| 45th | Rwanda | 3.12% | -9.0% |
| 46th | Japan | 3.13% | -0.5% |
| 47th | Grenada | 3.17% | -25.1% |
| 48th | Jordan | 3.21% | -6.9% |
| 49th | Andorra | 3.22% | -0.6% |
| 50th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 3.31% | 0.5% |
| 51st | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.33% | -21.0% |
| 52nd | Seychelles | 3.35% | -16.8% |
| 53rd | San Marino | 3.37% | 11.3% |
| 54th | Ireland | 3.38% | -7.7% |
| 55th | Panama | 3.38% | 1.7% |
| 56th | Viet Nam | 3.42% | -1.5% |
| 57th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 3.46% | 9.0% |
| 58th | Thailand | 3.47% | -8.0% |
| 59th | Greece | 3.47% | -5.8% |
| 60th | Luxembourg | 3.49% | -7.5% |
| 61st | Georgia | 3.52% | 0.0% |
| 62nd | Ghana | 3.53% | -19.6% |
| 63rd | Benin | 3.54% | 22.0% |
| 64th | Gabon | 3.56% | 33.3% |
| 65th | Serbia | 3.57% | 1.8% |
| 66th | Albania | 3.61% | -8.8% |
| 67th | St. Lucia | 3.63% | -30.4% |
| 68th | El Salvador | 3.73% | -2.6% |
| 69th | Zambia | 3.73% | -0.5% |
| 70th | Djibouti | 3.73% | -4.8% |
| 71st | Côte d'Ivoire | 3.74% | -5.1% |
| 72nd | Czechia | 3.76% | -31.7% |
| 73rd | Togo | 3.77% | 2.8% |
| 74th | Mali | 3.79% | 22.5% |
| 75th | Lithuania | 3.81% | -5.0% |
| 76th | Maldives | 3.82% | 4.4% |
| 77th | Croatia | 3.87% | -14.0% |
| 78th | Slovak Republic | 3.92% | 0.9% |
| 79th | Dominican Republic | 3.92% | 1.8% |
| 80th | Peru | 3.93% | 3.1% |
| 81st | Barbados | 3.96% | -5.7% |
| 82nd | Philippines | 3.96% | 20.1% |
| 83rd | Italy | 4.03% | 6.1% |
| 84th | Mongolia | 4.07% | -21.5% |
| 85th | Bulgaria | 4.08% | 0.5% |
| 86th | Congo, Republic of | 4.17% | -14.3% |
| 87th | Spain | 4.18% | -0.4% |
| 88th | Samoa | 4.19% | 5.2% |
| 89th | India | 4.31% | 1.2% |
| 90th | Türkiye | 4.32% | -6.6% |
| 91st | Korea | 4.33% | -0.1% |
| 92nd | Malta | 4.34% | -12.4% |
| 93rd | Afghanistan | 4.34% | -4.4% |
| 94th | Nicaragua | 4.36% | 6.8% |
| 95th | Mexico | 4.40% | -7.6% |
| 96th | Uruguay | 4.42% | 1.2% |
| 97th | Tanzania | 4.43% | 8.0% |
| 98th | Aruba | 4.46% | -18.9% |
| 99th | Uzbekistan | 4.48% | -16.7% |
| 100th | Latvia | 4.53% | -6.1% |
| 101st | Vanuatu | 4.53% | -41.0% |
| 102nd | Colombia | 4.54% | 1.3% |
| 103rd | Poland | 4.54% | -1.8% |
| 104th | Cabo Verde | 4.59% | -3.4% |
| 105th | Ecuador | 4.61% | 3.2% |
| 106th | Tonga | 4.64% | 18.5% |
| 107th | Hungary | 4.65% | 0.7% |
| 108th | European Union | 4.65% | -3.9% |
| 109th | Fiji | 4.65% | -3.8% |
| 110th | Guyana | 4.66% | -1.5% |
| 111th | Malaysia | 4.68% | -1.6% |
| 112th | Russian Federation | 4.69% | 24.7% |
| 113th | Dominica | 4.72% | -8.1% |
| 114th | West Bank and Gaza | 4.72% | -5.2% |
| 115th | Morocco | 4.74% | -6.9% |
| 116th | Senegal | 4.74% | -7.3% |
| 117th | Burundi | 4.76% | 1.5% |
| 118th | Nepal | 4.77% | 22.1% |
| 119th | Germany | 4.78% | 0.7% |
| 120th | Belarus | 4.80% | -3.1% |
| 121st | Slovenia | 4.82% | -0.4% |
| 122nd | Estonia | 4.86% | -3.8% |
| 123rd | Mauritius | 4.88% | -0.1% |
| 124th | Canada | 4.96% | 3.0% |
| 125th | Kenya | 4.96% | 1.4% |
| 126th | Switzerland | 5.02% | 0.7% |
| 127th | Portugal | 5.03% | 2.7% |
| 128th | Netherlands | 5.09% | -5.6% |
| 129th | United States | 5.09% | 6.5% |
| 130th | Jamaica | 5.26% | -1.0% |
| 131st | New Zealand | 5.28% | -4.1% |
| 132nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 5.38% | -1.3% |
| 133rd | Austria | 5.40% | -2.0% |
| 134th | Ukraine | 5.42% | 8.1% |
| 135th | Chile | 5.43% | 1.2% |
| 136th | United Kingdom | 5.45% | 0.5% |
| 137th | Argentina | 5.45% | -1.6% |
| 138th | Suriname | 5.46% | -3.2% |
| 139th | France | 5.46% | -4.3% |
| 140th | Mozambique | 5.49% | -5.4% |
| 141st | Tajikistan | 5.54% | -3.2% |
| 142nd | South Africa | 5.60% | 2.8% |
| 143rd | Burkina Faso | 5.63% | 53.4% |
| 144th | Cyprus | 5.70% | -6.8% |
| 145th | Moldova | 5.71% | 0.7% |
| 146th | Algeria | 5.73% | -11.8% |
| 147th | Honduras | 5.74% | -5.8% |
| 148th | São Tomé and Principe | 5.87% | -3.9% |
| 149th | Curaçao | 5.91% | -5.1% |
| 150th | Belize | 5.95% | 3.9% |
| 151st | Oman | 6.00% | 37.7% |
| 152nd | Israel | 6.02% | 3.5% |
| 153rd | Kyrgyz Republic | 6.03% | -8.5% |
| 154th | Eswatini | 6.18% | 13.7% |
| 155th | Nauru | 6.27% | 30.1% |
| 156th | Brazil | 6.32% | 0.1% |
| 157th | Kuwait | 6.35% | 6.7% |
| 158th | Finland | 6.41% | -7.2% |
| 159th | Belgium | 6.45% | -0.6% |
| 160th | Bhutan | 6.62% | 3.3% |
| 161st | Costa Rica | 7.07% | 2.6% |
| 162nd | Timor-Leste | 7.17% | -11.8% |
| 163rd | Denmark | 7.37% | -4.5% |
| 164th | Iceland | 7.58% | 2.0% |
| 165th | Sweden | 7.64% | 0.0% |
| 166th | Botswana | 7.81% | -10.6% |
| 167th | Norway | 7.85% | -1.7% |
| 168th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 8.10% | -0.7% |
| 169th | Lesotho | 8.16% | 8.0% |
| 170th | Cuba | 8.44% | -6.3% |
| 171st | Kiribati | 11.48% | -1.5% |
| 172nd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 12.68% | -8.2% |
FAQ
What was Bulgaria's education spending in 2017?▾
Bulgaria's education spending in 2017 was 4.08%. This ranked 85th globally.
How did Bulgaria's education spending change in 2017?▾
Bulgaria's education spending increased by 0.5% in 2017 compared to 2016.
Which country had the highest education spending in 2017?▾
Micronesia, Federated States of had the highest education spending in 2017 at 12.68%.
What is the education spending of Bulgaria in 2017?▾
The education spending of Bulgaria in 2017 was 4.08%. This ranked 85th globally.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Bulgaria matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2017. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). Outcome 24 months later: 3.8%. View full analysis →
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