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TABLE11 Commitment to education: public spendingPublic expenditure on educationCurrent public expenditure on education by level a(% of total current public expenditure on education)Human development indicatorsHDI 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 b54 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.7 9.3 11.6 12.7 43 42 56 58 — —55 Tonga .. 4.8 .. 13.5 .. 59 .. 34 .. —56 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya .. 2.7 c .. .. .. 12 c,e .. 19 c,e .. 69 c57 Antigua and Barbuda .. 3.8 .. .. .. 32 .. 46 .. 758 Oman 3.0 3.6 15.8 24.2 52 50 40 41 7 859 Trinidad and Tobago 4.1 4.2 e 12.4 13.4 c .. 42 c .. 39 c .. 11 c60 Romania 3.5 3.4 .. .. .. 25 e .. 42 e .. 1861 Saudi Arabia 5.8 6.8 17.8 27.6 .. .. .. .. .. ..62 Panama 4.6 3.8 e 18.9 8.9 e 36 .. 22 .. 20 26 c63 Malaysia 5.1 6.2 18.0 25.2 34 30 35 35 20 3564 Belarus 5.7 6.0 .. 11.3 .. 27 e .. 48 e .. 2565 Mauritius 3.8 4.5 11.8 14.3 38 32 36 43 17 1266 Bosnia and Herzegovina .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..67 Russian Federation 3.6 3.6 e .. 12.9 e .. .. .. .. .. ..68 Albania .. 2.9 e .. 8.4 e .. .. .. .. .. ..69 Macedonia (TFYR) .. 3.5 .. 15.6 .. .. .. .. .. ..70 Brazil .. 4.4 .. 10.9 .. 41 .. 40 .. 19MEDIUM HUMAN DEVELOPMENT71 Dominica .. 5.0 c,e .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..72 Saint Lucia .. 5.8 .. 16.9 .. 40 .. 41 .. 073 Kazakhstan 3.9 2.3 19.1 12.1 c .. .. .. .. .. ..74 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 4.6 .. 17.0 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..75 Colombia 2.4 4.8 14.3 11.1 .. 51 .. 36 .. 1376 Ukraine 6.2 6.4 18.9 18.9 .. .. .. .. .. ..77 Samoa .. 4.5 e .. 13.7 e .. 34 c,e .. 29 c,e .. 37 c78 Thailand 3.1 4.2 20.0 25.0 56 44 c,e 22 19 c,e 15 20 c,e79 Dominican Republic .. 1.8 .. 9.7 .. 66 e .. 29 e .. ..80 Belize 4.6 5.4 18.5 18.1 .. 48 .. 48 .. 181 China 2.2 1.9 c 12.7 13.0 c .. 36 c,e .. 38 c,e .. 21 c,e82 Grenada 4.9 5.2 11.9 12.9 .. 41 e .. 39 e .. 11 e83 Armenia .. 3.2 c .. .. .. 16 c,e .. 53 c,e .. 30 c84 Turkey 2.4 3.7 .. .. 59 40 c,e 29 32 c,e .. 28 c,e85 Suriname 5.9 .. .. .. 59 .. 15 .. 9 ..86 Jordan 8.0 4.9 c 19.1 20.6 c .. .. .. .. .. ..87 Peru 2.8 2.4 .. 13.7 .. 51 .. 36 e .. 1188 Lebanon .. 2.6 .. 11.0 .. 33 e .. 30 e .. 3189 Ecuador 2.5 1.0 c,e 17.5 8.0 c .. .. .. .. .. ..90 Philippines 3.0 2.7 10.5 16.4 .. 55 .. 27 .. 1491 Tunisia 6.0 7.3 14.3 20.8 .. 35 e .. 43 e .. 2292 Fiji 5.1 6.4 .. 20.0 .. 40 .. 34 .. 1693 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5.9 8.2 13.8 16.1 64 50 32 36 .. 594 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 4.1 4.7 22.4 22.8 .. 24 .. 37 .. 1495 Paraguay 1.9 4.3 10.3 10.8 .. 54 .. 28 .. 1896 Georgia .. 2.9 .. 13.1 .. .. .. .. .. ..97 Guyana 2.2 8.5 6.5 14.5 .. 44 .. 13 .. 498 Azerbaijan 7.7 2.5 24.7 19.6 .. 25 e .. 56 e .. 699 Sri Lanka 3.2 .. 8.4 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..100 Maldives 7.0 7.1 16.0 e 15.0 .. 54 e .. .. .. ..101 Jamaica 4.5 5.3 12.8 8.8 37 37 e 33 44 e 21 20 e102 Cape Verde 3.6 6.6 19.9 25.4 .. 54 .. 36 .. 10103 El Salvador 1.8 2.8 15.2 20.0 .. 60 e .. 29 e .. 11 e104 Algeria 5.1 .. 22.0 .. 95 .. .. f .. .. f ..105 Viet Nam 1.8 .. 9.7 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..106 Occupied Palestinian Territories .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..266 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2007/2008