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Government Spending on Education, 1986

Figures for 1986, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Government Spending on Education, 1986 covers 60 countries. Seychelles is highest, at 9.130; DR Congo is lowest, at 0.723. The middle country reads 3.974. Against 1985, 43 values changed (20 up, 23 down), 17 countries joined, 12 left.

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Government Spending on Education · Data for 1986

HighestSeychelles

9.130

LowestDR Congo

0.723

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, 1986, 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 60 countries · select a heading to sort

Government Spending on Education, 1986: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
derived
1SeychellesSYCEastern Africa9.130
2MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia7.243
3EcuadorECUSouth America6.872
4Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia6.255
5CanadaCANNorthern America6.021
6KenyaKENEastern Africa6.014
7TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa5.879
8DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe5.860
9IsraelISRWestern Asia5.831
10AngolaAGOMiddle Africa5.723
11SyriaSYRWestern Asia5.623
12NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe5.553
13NorwayNORNorthern Europe5.540
14AustriaAUTWestern Europe5.522
15KuwaitKWTWestern Asia5.401
16IrelandIRLNorthern Europe5.301
17AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand5.269
18MoroccoMARNorthern Africa5.259
19BotswanaBWASouthern Africa5.186
20FinlandFINNorthern Europe5.102
21BelgiumBELWestern Europe4.852
22FranceFRAWestern Europe4.748
23HungaryHUNEastern Europe4.736
24ItalyITASouthern Europe4.644
25JamaicaJAMCaribbean4.604

02In 1986

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Seychelles9.130
  2. 2Malaysia7.243
  3. 3Ecuador6.872
  4. 4Saudi Arabia6.255
  5. 5Canada6.021

Lowest

  1. 60DR Congo0.723
  2. 59Argentina1.262
  3. 58Bangladesh1.343
  4. 57Türkiye1.510
  5. 56Philippines1.517

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3.974. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031985 → 1986

Since 1985

What changed between 1985 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +17 / −12countries joined / left
  • 43values changed, of 43 in both
  • 20 · 23rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Belgium+ Central African Republic+ Cameroon+ Costa Rica+ Denmark+ Ghana+ Greece+ Jordan+ Saint Lucia+ Luxembourg+ Mali+ Malawi+ Oman+ Philippines+ Saudi Arabia+ Thailand+ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines− Burkina Faso− Bermuda− Colombia− Dominican Republic− Hong Kong− Haiti− Saint Kitts and Nevis− Lesotho− Madagascar− Paraguay− Trinidad and Tobago− Uganda

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 60 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) (1986). Government Spending on Education, 1986 [data set], describing 1986. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/education-spending/1986

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07Questions

Government Spending on Education, 1986: questions and answers

Which country has the highest government spending on education in Government Spending on Education, 1986?

Seychelles, at 9.130, of the 60 countries in the file.

What year does Government Spending on Education, 1986 describe?

1986.

How many countries does Government Spending on Education, 1986 cover?

60.

Where can I download Government Spending on Education, 1986?

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, 1986 the newest?

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

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