Year % of government expenditure on education 1971 43.90461 1972 41.98567 1973 41.94257 1974 41.50659 1976 36.67798 1977 38.13745 1978 40.88639 1979 41.12496 1980 41.30507 1981 41.38483 1982 42.1358 1983 41.44467 1984 41.12681 1985 40.32357 1986 40.16636 1987 40.21183 1988 40.61424 1989 40.92366 1990 39.55758 1991 39.78289 1992 38.78775 1993 40.08811 1994 41.03988 1995 41.59924 1996 40.89698 1998 37.55523 1999 36.54419 2000 34.12631 2001 34.41245 2002 34.39712 2003 35.31279 2004 35.3211 2005 34.83331 2006 34.78984 2007 34.34091 2008 34.85668 2009 33.64717 2010 33.81313 2011 34.01528 2012 33.42676 2013 33.47738 2014 33.3463 2015 33.29748 2016 35.5457