Year % of government expenditure on education 1973 42.12786 1974 40.86471 1975 37.03899 1976 34.41155 1977 34.22582 1978 36.38936 1979 31.84017 1980 33.95797 1981 34.4131 1982 33.21083 1983 32.65835 1984 35.15268 1985 33.88333 1986 34.28479 1987 34.0609 1988 34.19255 1989 36.02484 1990 33.34225 1991 32.87037 1995 34.79914 1998 40.49369 1999 38.93294 2008 35.53307 2009 37.72544