Year % of government expenditure on education 1970 21.78645 1971 20.80915 1972 18.848 1973 18.8901 1974 25.57589 1975 25.33129 1976 24.86003 1977 24.60256 1978 24.63316 1979 24.54148 1980 24.54447 1981 24.30634 1982 23.86021 1983 22.79621 1984 22.65422 1985 22.20987 1986 21.09134 1987 21.00663 1988 20.88841 1989 20.51929 1990 20.1633 1991 19.14857 1992 18.99745 1993 20.00531 1994 20.22896 1995 19.66725 1996 19.66152 1999 20.09619