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Table 6.10
Public Expenditure on Education as Percentage
of GNP and Total Public Expenditure
for Selected Asian countries
Expenditure on Education as Percentage of
Country Year
GNP Total Public Expenditure
1 2 3 4
1 INDONESIA 1993 1.3 -
2 INDIA 1992 3.7 11.5
3 PAKISTAN 1991 2.7
4 BANGLADESH 1992 2.3 8.7
5 THAILAND 1992 4.0 19.6
6 CHINA 1993 1.9 12.2
7 PHILIPPINES 1993 2.4 10.5*
8 SRI LANKA 1993 3.1 7.8
9 MALAYSIA 1993 5.1 16.9**
10 KOREA, REP. OF 1992 4.2 14.8
11 JAPAN 1991 4.7 16.6
* for the year 1991
** for the year 1992
Source : UNESCO Statistical Year Book 1995
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