Government Spending on Education, 1990

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Government Spending on Education, 1990: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).

Positionderived	Country	Government expenditure on education (% of GDP)
1	TuvaluTUVPolynesia	6.986
2	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	6.310
3	CanadaCANNorthern America	5.969
4	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	5.791
5	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	5.740
6	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	5.485
7	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	5.414
8	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	5.339
9	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	5.221
10	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	5.220
11	IsraelISRWestern Asia	5.160
12	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	4.977
13	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	4.779
14	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	4.698
15	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	4.667
16	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	4.601
17	FranceFRAWestern Europe	4.555
18	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	4.510
19	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	4.454
20	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	4.392
21	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	4.259
22	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	4.056
23	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	3.831
24	IranIRNSouthern Asia	3.774
25	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	3.654

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3.636. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

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+ Burundi+ Bangladesh+ Bulgaria+ Bermuda+ Botswana+ Central African Republic+ Chile+ Hong Kong+ Iceland+ Latvia+ Niger+ Netherlands+ Paraguay+ Sweden+ Tunisia+ Tuvalu+ Venezuela− Colombia− Costa Rica− Dominica− Denmark− Egypt− Fiji− Indonesia− Iraq− Jordan− Japan− Kenya− Saint Kitts and Nevis− Lesotho− Luxembourg− Monaco− New Zealand− Rwanda− Seychelles− Syria− Thailand− Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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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