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Which countries Spend the most on education?<br />

This chapter focuses exclusively on the operating and development<br />

expenditure of the Ministry of Education, which spans preschool<br />

to post-secondary education. This will thus encompass not just<br />

the school-level related costs of teacher salaries and infrastructure<br />

development, but also the ministry, state, and district-level related<br />

EXHIBIT 3-34<br />

Comparison of Malaysia’s basic and tertiary education budget with<br />

other countries (2008)<br />

Education expenditure for all levels 1 as % of total government expenditure<br />

Percent (2008)<br />

Thailand<br />

ranked<br />

no. 7<br />

Malaysia<br />

ranked<br />

16 th<br />

Mexico<br />

ranked<br />

no. 18<br />

Hong Kong<br />

ranked<br />

no. 21<br />

Singapore<br />

ranked<br />

no. 32<br />

Chile<br />

ranked<br />

no. 42<br />

Vanuatu<br />

Tanzania<br />

UAE<br />

Morocco<br />

Kyrgyzstan<br />

Côte d’Ivoire<br />

Thailand<br />

Lesotho<br />

Ethiopia<br />

Costa Rica<br />

Tunisia<br />

Ghana<br />

Namibia<br />

Burundi<br />

Swaziland<br />

Malaysia<br />

Peru<br />

Mexico<br />

Rwanda<br />

Algeria<br />

Hong Kong<br />

Iran<br />

Moldova<br />

Vietnam<br />

Aruba<br />

Benin<br />

Saudi Arabia<br />

Guinea<br />

Nepal<br />

Senegal<br />

Uganda<br />

Singapore<br />

Tajikistan<br />

Belize<br />

New Zealand<br />

Cuba<br />

Mali<br />

Brazil<br />

Cyprus<br />

Cameroon<br />

Philippines<br />

Chile<br />

Cape Verde<br />

Switzerland<br />

Gambia<br />

South Africa<br />

Niger<br />

Norway<br />

Yemen<br />

Togo<br />

Korea<br />

Barbados<br />

Fiji<br />

Sierra Leone<br />

Colombia<br />

Denmark<br />

Latvia<br />

Estonia<br />

Argentina<br />

Macau<br />

Bangladesh<br />

Armenia<br />

United States<br />

Israel<br />

Madagascar<br />

Samoa<br />

Ireland<br />

Lithuania<br />

Iceland<br />

Sweden<br />

Indonesia<br />

Saint Lucia<br />

Belgium<br />

Australia<br />

Mauritius<br />

Finland<br />

Bulgaria<br />

Canada<br />

Laos<br />

Liberia<br />

Maldives<br />

Egypt<br />

Netherlands<br />

Poland<br />

Slovenia<br />

Central Africa<br />

Timor-Leste<br />

Bahrain<br />

Dominica<br />

Portugal<br />

Austria<br />

Spain<br />

United Kingdom<br />

Anguilla<br />

France<br />

Germany<br />

Hungary<br />

Slovakia<br />

Slovak Republic<br />

Czech Republic<br />

Japan<br />

Italy<br />

1 Education expenditure for levels refers to spend on basic education through tertiary education levels for year 2008 as the latest available year<br />

SOURCE: World Bank 2008; OECD 2008; local Ministry websites<br />

Korea<br />

ranked<br />

no. 51<br />

Indonesia<br />

ranked<br />

no. 71<br />

Malaysia Education <strong>Blueprint</strong> 2013 - 2025<br />

Chapter 3 Current Performance<br />

costs of operations. While the cost of providing higher education by<br />

MOHE is not included here, it is worth noting that, combined, Malaysia<br />

has one of the highest education expenditures as a percentage of<br />

total public spending. In 2008, of 102 countries worldwide, Malaysia<br />

was ranked 16 th in terms of government spending on education<br />

(Exhibit 3-34).<br />

102<br />

countries<br />

Regional peers<br />

Comparable GDP<br />

per capita<br />

Other countries<br />

Japan<br />

ranked<br />

no. 101<br />

OECD<br />

12.9<br />

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