Data for 2013

Government Funding per Primary Student, 2013

Name: Government Funding per Primary Student, 2013
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
License: https://uis.unesco.org/

Figures for 2013, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Government Funding per Primary Student, 2013 covers 97 countries. Latvia is highest, at 37.40; Monaco is lowest, at 3.54. The middle country reads 14.89. Against 2012, 80 values changed (49 up, 31 down), 17 countries joined, 10 left.

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Government Funding per Primary Student · Data for 2013

HighestLatvia

37.40

LowestMonaco

3.54

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

97countries
1measure
2013the year it describes
97distinct values15 decimals, as published
Sep 10, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Government Funding per Primary Student, 2013, as published. UIS ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Government Funding per Primary Student, 2013: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	37.40
2	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	31.71
3	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	31.56
4	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	28.56
5	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	27.01
6	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	26.75
7	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	26.36
8	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	26.20
9	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	25.30
10	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	24.04
11	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	23.90
12	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	23.80
13	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	23.17
14	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	23.05
15	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	22.94
16	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	22.89
17	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	22.45
18	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	22.26
19	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	22.04
20	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	22.01
21	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	21.89
22	Honduras`HND`Central America	21.66
23	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	21.20
24	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	20.70
25	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	20.48
26	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	19.84
27	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	19.81
28	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	19.47
29	Brazil`BRA`South America	19.41
30	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	18.83
31	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	18.66
32	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	18.54
33	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	18.01
34	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	17.62
35	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	17.42
36	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	17.24
37	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	16.91
38	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	16.75
39	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	16.74
40	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	16.38
41	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	16.35
42	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	16.32
43	Chile`CHL`South America	15.96
44	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	15.80
45	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	15.60
46	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	15.08
47	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	15.03
48	Niger`NER`Western Africa	14.99
49	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	14.89
50	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	14.71
51	Argentina`ARG`South America	14.45
52	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	14.03
53	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	13.58
54	Mexico`MEX`Central America	13.53
55	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	13.24
56	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	13.18
57	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	13.08
58	Belize`BLZ`Central America	13.05
59	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	13.04
60	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	12.89
61	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	12.12
62	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	12.05
63	Ecuador`ECU`South America	11.66
64	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	11.61
65	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	11.45
66	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	11.32
67	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	11.31
68	Peru`PER`South America	11.01
69	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	10.69
70	Uruguay`URY`South America	10.66
71	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	10.52
72	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	10.39
73	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	10.06
74	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	9.95
75	India`IND`Southern Asia	9.89
76	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	9.61
77	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	9.59
78	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	9.37
79	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	9.23
80	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	9.19
81	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	8.36
82	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	8.25
83	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	7.64
84	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	7.61
85	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	7.55
86	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	7.48
87	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	7.31
88	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	7.10
89	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	6.67
90	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	6.50
91	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	6.44
92	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	5.44
93	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	4.35
94	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	4.26
95	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	4.19
96	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	3.94
97	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	3.54

02In 2013

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Latvia37.40
2Cyprus31.71
3Ukraine31.56
4Slovenia28.56
5Moldova27.01

Lowest

97Monaco3.54
96Sierra Leone3.94
95Sri Lanka4.19
94Cambodia4.26
93Uganda4.35

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 14.89. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032012 → 2013

Since 2012

What changed between 2012 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+17 / −10countries joined / left
80values changed, of 80 in both
49 · 31rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Dominican Republic8.79 → 13.58+4.79
Laos5.85 → 10.06+4.21
Bulgaria18.13 → 22.01+3.88
Latvia33.57 → 37.40+3.82
Hungary18.64 → 21.89+3.25

Fell most

Ghana13.89 → 6.67−7.22
Timor-Leste21.75 → 17.24−4.50
Thailand28.18 → 23.90−4.29
Iran10.18 → 7.55−2.63
Ireland18.35 → 16.35−2.01

+ Andorra

+ Bahrain

+ Bhutan

+ DR Congo

+ Comoros

+ Cabo Verde

+ Curaçao

+ Cyprus

+ Fiji

+ United Kingdom

+ Honduras

+ Malawi

+ New Zealand

+ Pakistan

+ Puerto Rico

+ Uruguay

+ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

− Cameroon

− Dominica

− Ethiopia

− Georgia

− Guyana

− Kenya

− Madagascar

− Paraguay

− Syria

− Chad

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.

04Caveats

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2013). Government Funding per Primary Student, 2013 [data set], describing 2013. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/education-spending-per-student/2013

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