Year % of government expenditure on education 1970 50.99292 1971 51.85804 1972 51.29145 1973 53.95279 1974 53.02287 1975 53.07383 1976 53.77747 1977 54.28821 1978 55.07731 1979 55.81209 1980 56.07734 1981 52.47386 1982 51.5995 1983 51.45033 1984 49.03708 1985 49.59442 1986 48.4376 1987 49.50904 1988 48.86982 1989 48.55928 1990 48.90799 1991 48.0473 1992 48.13036 1993 47.07635 1995 46.89327 1996 48.33468 1998 44.06058 1999 44.83275 2000 45.41346 2001 45.20663 2002 45.71637 2003 48.93912 2004 47.2796 2005 45.93728 2006 46.57931 2007 46.28443 2008 46.27748 2009 46.7337 2010 44.35989 2011 45.36195 2012 41.21692 2013 41.20598 2014 40.36378 2015 39.87736 2016 39.62838