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Government Spending on Education, 1984

Figures for 1984, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Government Spending on Education, 1984 covers 57 countries. Seychelles is highest, at 11.306; Guinea is lowest, at 0.335. The middle country reads 4.064. Against 1983, 46 values changed (14 up, 32 down), 11 countries joined, 9 left.

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Government Spending on Education · Data for 1984

HighestSeychelles

11.306

LowestGuinea

0.335

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, 1984, 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 57 countries · select a heading to sort

Government Spending on Education, 1984: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
derived
1SeychellesSYCEastern Africa11.306
2TongaTONPolynesia10.347
3GuyanaGUYSouth America7.227
4IsraelISRWestern Asia6.661
5CanadaCANNorthern America6.618
6LesothoLSOSouthern Africa6.428
7SyriaSYRWestern Asia6.134
8Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia6.110
9JordanJORWestern Asia5.937
10Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean5.874
11MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia5.666
12BotswanaBWASouthern Africa5.552
13TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa5.517
14NorwayNORNorthern Europe5.429
15AustriaAUTWestern Europe5.315
16IrelandIRLNorthern Europe5.282
17MoroccoMARNorthern Africa5.190
18KuwaitKWTWestern Asia5.149
19NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe5.083
20ZambiaZMBEastern Africa4.989
21FranceFRAWestern Europe4.920
22United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe4.899
23ItalyITASouthern Europe4.764
24HungaryHUNEastern Europe4.758
25FinlandFINNorthern Europe4.701

02In 1984

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Seychelles11.306
  2. 2Tonga10.347
  3. 3Guyana7.227
  4. 4Israel6.661
  5. 5Canada6.618

Lowest

  1. 57Guinea0.335
  2. 56DR Congo0.704
  3. 55Haiti0.986
  4. 54Bangladesh1.223
  5. 53Dominican Republic1.335

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 4.064. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031983 → 1984

Since 1983

What changed between 1983 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +11 / −9countries joined / left
  • 46values changed, of 46 in both
  • 14 · 32rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Colombia+ Cyprus+ Ecuador+ Guinea+ Malaysia+ New Zealand+ Seychelles+ Syria+ Togo+ Tonga+ Uruguay− Australia− Burkina Faso− Costa Rica− Egypt− Fiji− Japan− Luxembourg− Philippines− Singapore

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 57 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) (1984). Government Spending on Education, 1984 [data set], describing 1984. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/education-spending/1984

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07Questions

Government Spending on Education, 1984: questions and answers

Which country has the highest government spending on education in Government Spending on Education, 1984?

Seychelles, at 11.306, of the 57 countries in the file.

What year does Government Spending on Education, 1984 describe?

1984.

How many countries does Government Spending on Education, 1984 cover?

57.

Where can I download Government Spending on Education, 1984?

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, 1984 the newest?

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

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