 Cambodia's public expenditure on education accounted for 2.6% of GDP in 2010, up from 1.6% of GDP in 2007.The share allocated to higher education remains modest (0.38% of GDP, or 15% of the total).Only Myanmar (0.15% of GDP in 2011) and the Phlippines (0.32% of GDP in 2009) devote less to higher education in Southeast Asia.