Government Spending on Education, 2000

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Government Spending on Education, 2000: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).

Positionderived	Country	Government expenditure on education (% of GDP)
1	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	10.092
2	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	10.042
3	YemenYEMWestern Asia	9.662
4	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	9.660
5	GuyanaGUYSouth America	8.484
6	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	8.090
7	PalauPLWMicronesia	7.844
8	CubaCUBCaribbean	7.705
9	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	7.328
10	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	7.004
11	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	6.902
12	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	6.738
13	MicronesiaFSMMicronesia	6.707
14	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	6.459
15	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	6.431
16	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	6.202
17	BelarusBLREastern Europe	6.197
18	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	5.972
19	IsraelISRWestern Asia	5.931
20	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	5.910
21	FijiFJIMelanesia	5.878
22	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	5.787
23	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	5.712
24	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	5.620
25	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	5.604

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3.886. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

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+ Angola+ Bahamas+ Bhutan+ Cameroon+ Dominican Republic+ Ethiopia+ Jamaica+ Cambodia+ Laos+ Philippines+ Palau+ Romania+ Russia+ Sudan+ Singapore+ Sierra Leone+ Turks and Caicos Islands+ Uganda+ Uruguay+ Yemen− Antigua and Barbuda− China− Cabo Verde− Dominica− Eritrea− Ghana− Guinea-Bissau− Jordan− South Korea− Libya− Saint Lucia− Morocco− Marshall Islands− Mozambique− Mauritania− Seychelles

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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