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U.S. public school expenditure by state as a percentage of GDP in 2012

Elementary and secondary public school expenditure in the United States in 2012 as a percentage of GDP by state

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