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TABLE11. . . to acquire knowledge . . .Commitment to education: public spendingPublic expenditure on educationCurrent public expenditure on education by level a(% of total current public expenditure on education)HDI rankAs a % of GDPAs a % of totalgovernment expenditurePre-primaryand primarySecondary and postsecondarynon-tertiaryTertiary1991 2002–05 b 1991 2002–05 b 1991 2002–05 b 1991 2002–05 b 1991 2002–05 bHIGH HUMAN DEVELOPMENT1 Iceland .. 8.1 .. 16.6 .. 40 .. 35 .. 192 Norway 7.1 7.7 14.6 16.6 38 28 27 35 16 333 Australia 4.9 4.7 14.8 13.3 c .. 34 .. 41 .. 254 Canada 6.5 5.2 14.2 12.5 c .. d .. 68 .. 31 34 e5 Ireland 5.0 4.8 9.7 14.0 37 33 40 43 21 246 Sweden 7.1 7.4 13.8 12.9 48 34 20 38 13 287 Switzerland 5.3 6.0 18.8 13.0 50 33 26 37 19 288 Japan .. 3.6 .. 9.8 .. 38 c,e .. 40 c,e .. 14 c,e9 Netherlands 5.6 5.4 14.3 11.2 23 33 37 40 32 2710 France 5.5 5.9 .. 10.9 26 31 40 48 14 2111 Finland 6.5 6.5 11.9 12.8 30 26 41 41 28 3312 United States 5.1 5.9 12.3 15.3 .. .. .. .. .. ..13 Spain 4.1 4.3 .. 11.0 29 39 45 41 16 2014 Denmark 6.9 8.5 11.8 15.3 .. 31 .. 35 .. 3015 Austria 5.3 5.5 7.6 10.8 24 26 46 48 20 2616 United Kingdom 4.8 5.4 .. 12.1 30 .. 44 .. 20 ..17 Belgium 5.0 6.1 .. 12.2 24 33 42 43 16 2218 Luxembourg 3.0 3.6 c,e 10.8 8.5 c,e .. .. .. .. .. ..19 New Zealand 6.1 6.5 .. 20.9 31 29 25 46 37 2320 Italy 3.0 4.7 .. 9.6 35 35 62 48 .. 1721 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 2.8 4.2 17.4 23.0 .. 26 .. 36 .. 3222 Germany .. 4.6 .. 9.8 .. 22 .. 51 .. 2423 Israel 6.5 6.9 11.4 13.7 41 47 31 30 26 1724 Greece 2.3 4.3 .. 8.5 34 30 e 45 37 20 3025 Singapore 3.1 3.7 c 18.2 .. .. 23 c .. 43 c .. 23 c26 Korea (Republic of) 3.8 4.6 25.6 16.5 45 35 39 43 7 1327 Slovenia 4.8 6.0 16.1 12.6 43 28 e 37 48 e 17 2428 Cyprus 3.7 6.3 11.6 14.4 39 35 50 50 4 1429 Portugal 4.6 5.7 .. 11.5 43 39 35 41 15 1630 Brunei Darussalam 3.5 .. .. 9.1 c,e 22 .. 30 .. 2 ..31 Barbados 7.8 6.9 22.2 16.4 .. 35 e .. 33 .. 3332 Czech Republic .. 4.4 .. 10.0 .. 24 .. 53 .. 2033 Kuwait 4.8 5.1 3.4 12.7 .. 31 .. 38 .. 3034 Malta 4.4 4.5 8.5 10.1 23 32 40 48 19 2035 Qatar 3.5 1.6 e .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..36 Hungary 6.1 5.5 7.8 11.1 55 34 25 46 15 1737 Poland 5.2 5.4 14.6 12.7 .. 42 .. 37 .. 2138 Argentina 3.3 3.8 .. 13.1 .. 45 .. 38 .. 1739 United Arab Emirates 2.0 1.3 15.0 27.4 e .. .. .. .. .. ..40 Chile 2.4 3.5 10.0 18.5 .. 47 .. 39 .. 1541 Bahrain 3.9 .. 12.8 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..42 Slovakia 5.6 4.3 .. 10.8 .. 23 .. 51 .. 2243 Lithuania 5.5 5.2 20.6 15.6 .. 28 .. 52 .. 2044 Estonia .. 5.3 .. 14.9 .. 31 .. 50 .. 1845 Latvia 4.1 5.3 16.9 15.4 .. .. .. .. .. ..46 Uruguay 2.5 2.6 16.6 7.9 36 42 c,e 29 38 c,e 24 20 c,e47 Croatia 5.5 4.7 .. 10.0 .. 29 e .. 49 e .. 1948 Costa Rica 3.4 4.9 21.8 18.5 38 66 22 34 36 —49 Bahamas 3.7 3.6 c,e 16.3 19.7 c,e .. .. .. .. .. ..50 Seychelles 6.5 5.4 e 11.6 .. .. 40 e .. 42 e .. 18 e51 Cuba 9.7 9.8 10.8 16.6 27 41 37 38 15 2252 Mexico 3.8 5.4 15.3 25.6 39 50 28 30 17 1753 Bulgaria 5.4 4.2 .. .. 70 36 .. 45 14 19Human development indicatorsHUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2007/2008 265