Year % of government expenditure on education 1972 19.74472 1973 22.1235 1975 19.85286 1976 37.4881 1977 32.55381 1978 27.50068 1979 27.35454 1980 26.30541 1981 26.04654 1982 23.30029 1984 27.83678 1985 28.02524 1986 23.83763 1987 21.85545 1988 24.57117 1989 20.79032 1996 22.50215 2001 19.8567 2002 20.99096 2003 22.30566 2004 24.82162 2006 19.84422 2007 21.33539 2008 24.94433 2009 24.22278