Year % of government expenditure on education 1970 17.97129 1971 14.99937 1972 2.43939 1973 3.41027 1974 3.43244 1975 4.79732 1976 4.08021 1977 3.84161 1978 3.96516 1979 25.11416 1981 35.47603 1982 37.47231 1983 35.06809 1984 47.71208 1988 6.3796 1989 34.62713 1996 35.91859 1997 28.31836 1999 18.65662 2016 19.93532 2017 18.53475 2018 22.74788