Year % of government expenditure on education 1970 34.52007 1971 36.70631 1972 34.84766 1973 34.28206 1974 33.31763 1975 36.96917 1976 37.16795 1977 35.50563 1978 35.69887 1979 36.1168 1980 35.83363 1981 36.3868 1982 37.81743 1983 38.30635 1984 38.32964 1985 35.60884 1986 34.07015 1987 34.88865 1988 33.5687 1990 38.5925 1991 37.48774 1993 39.39297 1994 39.58294 1995 39.7498 1996 39.98002 1998 39.0926 2015 40.90696 2016 40.48964