Year % of government expenditure on education 1970 30.28571 1972 31.97026 1973 33.01663 1974 23.76396 1975 30.86385 1976 36.55797 1977 29.68849 1978 26.65889 1979 28.08603 1980 26.62529 1982 26.16797 1983 27.6454 1984 26.94889 1985 37.82183 1986 43.64731 1987 42.37857 1989 45.12031 1990 43.72448 1996 33.63842 1998 33.21242 1999 36.90678 2000 35.70325 2001 36.62538 2002 39.24177 2003 37.2599 2004 37.79909 2005 41.68709 2006 40.02116 2007 39.24554 2008 39.19364 2009 40.77314 2010 39.64997 2011 40.47189 2012 40.43839 2013 41.52728 2014 41.47732 2015 41.33272 2016 40.93612 2017 39.5394