Government Spending on Education, 1998

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Government Spending on Education, 1998: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).

Positionderived	Country	Government expenditure on education (% of GDP)
1	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	8.281
2	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	8.112
3	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	7.641
4	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	7.358
5	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	7.059
6	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	6.784
7	IsraelISRWestern Asia	6.400
8	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	6.392
9	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	6.235
10	CubaCUBCaribbean	6.209
11	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	6.137
12	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	6.090
13	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	5.968
14	DominicaDMACaribbean	5.740
15	FranceFRAWestern Europe	5.711
16	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	5.632
17	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	5.529
18	FijiFJIMelanesia	5.525
19	TongaTONPolynesia	5.517
20	CanadaCANNorthern America	5.494
21	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	5.493
22	PolandPOLEastern Europe	4.925
23	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	4.920
24	ArubaABWCaribbean	4.763
25	BrazilBRASouth America	4.757

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3.834. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

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+ Aruba+ Angola+ Benin+ Bermuda+ Brazil+ Brunei+ Canada+ Republic of the Congo+ Colombia+ Comoros+ Cabo Verde+ Cuba+ Dominica+ Ecuador+ Fiji+ Gabon+ Georgia+ Equatorial Guinea+ Greece+ India+ Israel+ Japan+ Cambodia+ Saint Kitts and Nevis+ South Korea+ Saint Lucia+ Macau+ Morocco+ Madagascar+ Mexico+ Mali+ Malta+ Mongolia+ Mozambique+ Nicaragua+ Nepal+ Paraguay+ Qatar+ Senegal+ Solomon Islands+ El Salvador+ Chad+ Tonga+ Türkiye+ Ukraine+ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines+ Vanuatu+ Zambia− Armenia− Burundi− Belgium− Burkina Faso− Costa Rica− Dominican Republic− Egypt− Ethiopia− Finland− Gambia− Guatemala− Hong Kong− Indonesia− Iran− Jamaica− Jordan− Kazakhstan− Kuwait− Laos− Lebanon− Luxembourg− Moldova− North Macedonia− Malawi− Malaysia− Niger− New Zealand− Pakistan− Panama− Portugal− Romania− Slovakia− Eswatini− Syria− Tunisia− South Africa

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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