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		WaitWaitWha on Feb 15, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Sanders calls for minimum salary of $60000 for pub... Education expenditures compares the public expenditure on education as a percent of GDP. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/education-expen... Education Expenditures by Country https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator/cmd Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS

laverya on Feb 15, 2023 [–]

> Education expenditures compares the public expenditure on education as a percent of GDP. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/education-expen...

I think this only counts federal spending - state and local spending total to ~3.5% of US GDP.

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