The data displays the elementary and secondary public school expenditure in the U.S. in 2012 as a percentage of the state gross domestic product. The 2012 national average for spending on elementary and secondary education was 3.28%.
Vermont | 5.28 |
West Virginia | 4.77 |
New Jersey | 4.66 |
Maine | 4.38 |
Rhode Island | 4.22 |
Arkansas | 4.04 |
New York | 4.03 |
New Hampshire | 3.98 |
Michigan | 3.97 |
Alaska | 3.96 |
Connecticut | 3.9 |
Mississippi | 3.84 |
Pennsylvania | 3.74 |
South Carolina | 3.74 |
Ohio | 3.63 |
Montana | 3.59 |
Maryland | 3.58 |
Georgia | 3.56 |
Kentucky | 3.56 |
Wisconsin | 3.55 |
Illinois | 3.52 |
Wyoming | 3.5 |
Kansas | 3.47 |
New Mexiko | 3.45 |
Alabama | 3.42 |
Indiana | 3.32 |
Massachusetts | 3.3 |
1United States | 3.28 |
Missouri | 3.27 |
Nebraska | 3.26 |
Idaho | 3.18 |
Iowa | 3.11 |
Minnesota | 3.06 |
Oklahoma | 3.05 |
Hawaii | 3.01 |
Virginia | 3.01 |
Louisiana | 3.01 |
Tennessee | 2.98 |
Arizona | 2.98 |
Florida | 2.97 |
Delaware | 2.96 |
Utah | 2.95 |
Nevada | 2.86 |
Texas | 2.83 |
North Carolina | 2.76 |
California | 2.73 |
Oregon | 2.65 |
Colorado | 2.65 |
Washington | 2.57 |
South Dakota | 2.55 |
North Dakota | 2.23 |
District of Columbia | 1.33 |