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Appendix I
Government expenditure on social services as a percentage of total government expenditures in
selected Asian countri
tries
Country
Afghanistan
Year
Total
Health
Education
Housing
Welfare
1961
12.4
3.8
8.6
1969
21.8
2.9
14.4
4.5
1970
22.4
3.4
14.08
4.2
19722
22.0
4.1
14.6
3.3
Burma
1961/62 19.8
5.2
14.6
1
1
1966/67 24.1
6.9
17.2
1
1
1969/70 27.2
7.7
18.9
1
0.6
1970/71 28.1
8.1
19.4
1
0.6
India 3
1960
22.5
5.0
16.5
1
1.0
1969
22.2
5.5
15.0
1.5
0.2
1970
23.1
5.7
15.7
1.5
0.2
1971
22.9
5.7
15.2
1.7
0.3
Iran
1969
22.2
4.7
11.4
1.1
5.0
1970
20.5
3.7
11.0
1.1
4.7
1971
20.8
3.6
10.6
1.6
5.0
Korea (South)
1961
18.2
0.9
12.3
1
5.0
1969
20.6
0.8
14.0
1
5.8
1970
21.7
0.9
15.2
0.1
5.5
1971
22.3
1.0
15.6
0.4
5.3
Malaysia
1960
24.5
7.1
15.7
1.7
(Peninsular)
1969
33.6
7.0
22.3
2.0
2.3
1970
26.4
5.9
18.3
0.7
1.5
1971
25.4
6.2
17.3
0.9
1.0
Pakistan3
1960
14.1
3.0
7.2
1
3.9
1969
19.2
2.3
6.9
7.6
2.4
1970*
22.0
6.4
7.5
7.7
0.4
Philippines
1961
34.2
7.5
26.7
1
1969
34.2
5.1
27.3
1
1.8
1970
35.4
5.6
27.9
1
1.9
1971
36.3
4.9
28.1
1
3.3
Sri Lanka
1961
22.9
7.8
15.1
1
1
1969
21.1
6.9
12.4
1.0
0.8
1970
21.8
7.0
13.1
0.9
0.8
1971*
21.3
6.7
13.2
0.4
1.0
Thailand
1961
23.3
2.7
16.6
1
4.0
1969
25.9
2.7
16.8
6.4
1970
26.1
2.8
17.4
0.1
5.8
1971
26.8
3.2
18.4
C.1
5.1
1
Data not available or not reported separately.
2 Estimated.
3 Expenditure met from revenue accounts of the central and state
• Provisional.
United Nations Economic Survey of Asia and the Far East 1972.
Source:
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