Government Spending on Education, 1987

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Government Spending on Education, 1987: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).

Positionderived	Country	Government expenditure on education (% of GDP)
1	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	6.326
2	CanadaCANNorthern America	6.298
3	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	6.118
4	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	6.091
5	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	5.889
6	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	5.802
7	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	5.788
8	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	5.529
9	JapanJPNEastern Asia	5.488
10	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	5.397
11	NicaraguaNICCentral America	5.352
12	IsraelISRWestern Asia	5.256
13	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	5.203
14	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	5.162
15	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	5.059
16	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	5.058
17	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	4.754
18	FranceFRAWestern Europe	4.663
19	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	4.631
20	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	4.577
21	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	4.562
22	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	4.372
23	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	4.166
24	IranIRNSouthern Asia	4.141
25	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	4.083

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3.894. “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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