Year % of government expenditure on education 1970 37.70221 1971 35.68511 1972 37.22841 1973 36.89267 1974 36.67287 1975 37.11375 1976 37.85333 1977 37.98013 1978 40.02381 1979 40.8884 1980 42.36943 1981 42.85384 1982 45.70041 1983 43.63768 1984 43.27047 1985 41.84571 1986 40.28152 1987 40.17963 1988 43.47316 1989 44.04296 1990 42.99578 1992 42.32163 1993 42.23158 1994 41.88229 1995 20.60773 1996 20.7797 1998 19.70929 1999 18.93026 2000 19.08233 2001 19.07292 2002 18.10654 2003 16.909 2004 18.97679 2005 20.0893 2006 19.49534 2007 19.05888 2008 16.89833 2009 16.88135 2010 17.8417 2011 16.14951 2012 17.43041 2013 20.53072 2014 12.53291 2015 16.39606 2016 16.21778