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Government Spending on Education, 1980

Figures for 1980, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Government Spending on Education, 1980 covers 64 countries. Cuba is highest, at 8.369; Brunei is lowest, at 0.544. The middle country reads 4.233. Against 1979, 46 values changed (20 up, 26 down), 18 countries joined, 10 left.

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Government Spending on Education · Data for 1980

HighestCuba

8.369

LowestBrunei

0.544

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

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Government Spending on Education, 1980, as published. UIS ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 64 countries · select a heading to sort

Government Spending on Education, 1980: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
derived
1CubaCUBCaribbean8.369
2Costa RicaCRICentral America7.347
3Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa6.860
4IsraelISRWestern Asia6.801
5AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa6.597
6SwedenSWENorthern Europe6.546
7CanadaCANNorthern America6.463
8Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa6.359
9LiberiaLBRWestern Africa6.259
10DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe5.937
11NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe5.884
12NorwayNORNorthern Europe5.780
13MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia5.726
14AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand5.646
15BotswanaBWASouthern Africa5.469
16KenyaKENEastern Africa5.388
17IrelandIRLNorthern Europe5.322
18BelgiumBELWestern Europe5.311
19EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa5.297
20TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa5.235
21MoroccoMARNorthern Africa5.105
22United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe5.070
23AustriaAUTWestern Europe5.029
24JapanJPNEastern Asia4.961
25FinlandFINNorthern Europe4.825

02In 1980

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Cuba8.369
  2. 2Costa Rica7.347
  3. 3Côte d’Ivoire6.860
  4. 4Israel6.801
  5. 5Algeria6.597

Lowest

  1. 64Brunei0.544
  2. 63Bangladesh0.938
  3. 62Philippines1.513
  4. 61Colombia1.729
  5. 60Ethiopia1.816

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 4.233. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031979 → 1980

Since 1979

What changed between 1979 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +18 / −10countries joined / left
  • 46values changed, of 46 in both
  • 20 · 26rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Burkina Faso+ Bulgaria+ DR Congo+ Costa Rica+ Cuba+ Egypt+ United Kingdom+ Hong Kong+ Iraq+ Kenya+ Liberia+ Mali+ Norway+ Philippines+ Trinidad and Tobago+ Tunisia+ Tanzania+ Venezuela− Burundi− Bhutan− Spain− Fiji− Guyana− Italy− Jordan− Malta− Togo− Türkiye

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

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

  • The position is ours

    UIS publishes values only; the order is this site’s.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 64 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1980). Government Spending on Education, 1980 [data set], describing 1980. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/education-spending/1980

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07Questions

Government Spending on Education, 1980: questions and answers

Which country has the highest government spending on education in Government Spending on Education, 1980?

Cuba, at 8.369, of the 64 countries in the file.

What year does Government Spending on Education, 1980 describe?

1980.

How many countries does Government Spending on Education, 1980 cover?

64.

Where can I download Government Spending on Education, 1980?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Government Spending on Education, 1980 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Government Spending on Education, 2023.

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