Government Spending on Education, 1996

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Government Spending on Education, 1996: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).

Positionderived	Country	Government expenditure on education (% of GDP)
1	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	9.897
2	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	7.891
3	JordanJORWestern Asia	7.477
4	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	7.311
5	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	7.138
6	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	6.866
7	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	6.834
8	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	6.384
9	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	6.288
10	PolandPOLEastern Europe	6.233
11	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	6.055
12	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	5.860
13	FranceFRAWestern Europe	5.781
14	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	5.417
15	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	5.289
16	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	5.218
17	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	5.065
18	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	5.047
19	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	4.944
20	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	4.938
21	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	4.923
22	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	4.914
23	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	4.903
24	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	4.818
25	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	4.754

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3.891. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

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+ Argentina+ Armenia+ Burkina Faso+ Eritrea+ Ethiopia+ Hong Kong+ Jordan+ Kuwait+ Laos+ Latvia+ Moldova+ Peru+ Romania+ Syria+ Togo+ Tanzania+ South Africa− Brazil− Canada− Republic of the Congo− Cyprus− Ecuador− Guyana− Honduras− Japan− Saint Kitts and Nevis− South Korea− Lesotho− Morocco− Mexico− Myanmar− Slovenia− Türkiye− 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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