Government Spending on Education, 1989

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Government Spending on Education, 1989: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).

Positionderived	Country	Government expenditure on education (% of GDP)
1	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	7.735
2	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	6.300
3	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	6.202
4	CanadaCANNorthern America	6.074
5	KenyaKENEastern Africa	6.036
6	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	5.843
7	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	5.661
8	JordanJORWestern Asia	5.644
9	IsraelISRWestern Asia	5.431
10	JapanJPNEastern Asia	5.274
11	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	5.184
12	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	5.073
13	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	5.047
14	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	5.038
15	FijiFJIMelanesia	4.831
16	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	4.818
17	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	4.757
18	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	4.739
19	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	4.713
20	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	4.600
21	FranceFRAWestern Europe	4.494
22	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	4.469
23	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	4.442
24	DominicaDMACaribbean	4.290
25	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	4.200

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 4.078. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

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+ Argentina+ Colombia+ Dominica+ Fiji+ Gambia+ Indonesia+ Iraq+ Saint Kitts and Nevis+ Mexico+ Pakistan+ Trinidad and Tobago+ Tanzania+ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines− Belgium− Burkina Faso− Botswana− China− DR Congo− Ghana− Italy− Netherlands− Singapore− Uganda− Venezuela

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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