Based on a comparison of 30 countries in 2011, USA ranked the highest in private expenditure on education as a share of GDP with 2.24% followed by Cyprus and Japan. On the other end of the scale was Norway with 0.100%, Romania with 0.110% and Finland with 0.150%.
Data for more countries are available at Private Expenditure on Education (As % of GDP) indicator page.
| Private Expenditure on Education (As % of GDP) | Unit | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Bulgaria | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.580% | 0.620% | 0.580% | 0.560% | 0.660% | |||||||
| Cyprus | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.21% | 1.21% | 1.27% | 1.36% | 1.53% | |||||||
| France | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.550% | 0.540% | 0.540% | 0.600% | 0.610% | |||||||
| Germany | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.920% | 0.710% | 0.690% | 0.700% | 0.800% | |||||||
| Iceland | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.720% | 0.810% | 0.770% | 0.710% | 0.740% | |||||||
| Japan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.53% | 1.66% | 1.65% | 1.67% | 1.60% | |||||||
| Latvia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.770% | 0.660% | 0.560% | 0.600% | 0.580% | |||||||
| Lithuania | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.490% | 0.460% | 0.450% | 0.510% | 0.660% | ||||
| Malta | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.370% | 0.370% | 0.370% | 0.300% | 1.32% | |||||||
| Netherlands | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.910% | 0.880% | 0.900% | 0.940% | 1.02% | |||||||||||
| Poland | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.550% | 0.540% | 0.500% | 0.740% | 0.770% | |||||
| Slovakia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.700% | 0.620% | 0.530% | 0.700% | 0.720% | |||||||
| Slovenia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.780% | 0.760% | 0.720% | 0.630% | 0.680% | ||||||
| Spain | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.530% | 0.520% | 0.610% | 0.660% | 0.720% | |||||||
| USA | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2.24% | 2.27% | 2.50% | 2.04% | 1.97% |
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