Government Funding per Primary Student, 2012

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Government Funding per Primary Student, 2012: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).

Positionderived	Country	Government funding per primary student (% of GDP per capita)
1	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	33.57
2	UkraineUKREastern Europe	31.60
3	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	29.98
4	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	28.18
5	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	26.23
6	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	26.13
7	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	25.65
8	PolandPOLEastern Europe	25.50
9	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	25.27
10	Costa RicaCRICentral America	24.26
11	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	23.31
12	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	22.56
13	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	21.84
14	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	21.75
15	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	21.71
16	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	21.69
17	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	21.48
18	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	20.88
19	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	20.54
20	ItalyITASouthern Europe	20.39
21	IsraelISRWestern Asia	20.25
22	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	19.95
23	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	19.87
24	BrazilBRASouth America	19.31
25	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	19.16

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 13.84. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

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+ Aruba+ Armenia+ Belgium+ Benin+ Belize+ Indonesia+ Kenya+ Mozambique+ El Salvador+ São Tomé and Príncipe+ Syria+ Timor-Leste− Andorra− Bhutan− Comoros− Cabo Verde− Cyprus− Fiji− Gabon− United Kingdom− Jordan− Kuwait− Liechtenstein− Malawi− Oman− Panama− San Marino− Serbia− South Sudan− Eswatini− Uruguay− Saint Vincent and the Grenadines− Yemen

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

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