Government Spending on Education, 1973

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Government Spending on Education, 1973: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).

Positionderived	Country	Government expenditure on education (% of GDP)
1	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	8.793
2	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	7.046
3	CanadaCANNorthern America	7.014
4	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	6.722
5	Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	6.480
6	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	6.269
7	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	5.892
8	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	5.834
9	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	5.488
10	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	5.449
11	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	5.270
12	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	5.238
13	IsraelISRWestern Asia	5.104
14	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	5.093
15	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	4.867
16	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	4.753
17	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	4.672
18	KenyaKENEastern Africa	4.651
19	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	4.609
20	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	4.533
21	BermudaBMUNorthern America	4.108
22	JapanJPNEastern Asia	3.957
23	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	3.915
24	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	3.690
25	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	3.631

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3.486. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

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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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