Government Spending on Education, 1988

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Government Spending on Education, 1988: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).

Positionderived	Country	Government expenditure on education (% of GDP)
1	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	7.793
2	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	7.217
3	KenyaKENEastern Africa	6.601
4	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	6.336
5	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	6.151
6	CanadaCANNorthern America	6.150
7	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	5.866
8	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	5.512
9	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	5.463
10	JapanJPNEastern Asia	5.453
11	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	5.211
12	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	5.104
13	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	5.068
14	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	5.016
15	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	4.907
16	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	4.854
17	ItalyITASouthern Europe	4.582
18	FranceFRAWestern Europe	4.581
19	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	4.578
20	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	4.525
21	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	4.483
22	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	4.426
23	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	4.301
24	IsraelISRWestern Asia	4.291
25	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	4.268

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 4.048. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

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+ Burkina Faso+ Costa Rica+ Egypt+ Italy+ Jamaica+ Kenya+ Lesotho+ Monaco+ Singapore+ Seychelles+ Uganda− Angola− Argentina− Bangladesh− Central African Republic− Chile− Saint Kitts and Nevis− Malaysia− Nicaragua− Pakistan− Panama− Togo− Zambia

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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