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Government Spending on Education, 2002

Figures for 2002, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Government Spending on Education, 2002 covers 121 countries. Nauru is highest, at 15.8635; Sudan is lowest, at 1.1643. The middle country reads 4.0173. Against 2001, 100 values changed (59 up, 41 down), 21 countries joined, 11 left.

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Government Spending on Education · Data for 2002

HighestNauru

15.8635

LowestSudan

1.1643

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Government Spending on Education, 2002, as published. UIS ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 121 countries · select a heading to sort

Government Spending on Education, 2002: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
derived
1NauruNRUMicronesia15.8635
2LesothoLSOSouthern Africa10.1004
3CubaCUBCaribbean9.5712
4DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa8.4476
5GuyanaGUYSouth America8.3655
6DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe8.2060
7Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia8.1952
8VanuatuVUTMelanesia8.1320
9Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa7.8768
10MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia7.6579
11Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia7.6369
12PalauPLWMicronesia7.5460
13NorwayNORNorthern Europe7.4224
14Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean7.3880
15IcelandISLNorthern Europe7.2989
16MongoliaMNGEastern Asia7.2108
17SwedenSWENorthern Europe6.9108
18NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa6.7423
19KuwaitKWTWestern Asia6.5511
20FijiFJIMelanesia6.2759
21IsraelISRWestern Asia6.2492
22KenyaKENEastern Africa6.1720
23FinlandFINNorthern Europe6.0187
24BarbadosBRBCaribbean5.8806
25MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia5.7919

02In 2002

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Nauru15.8635
  2. 2Lesotho10.1004
  3. 3Cuba9.5712
  4. 4Djibouti8.4476
  5. 5Guyana8.3655

Lowest

  1. 121Sudan1.1643
  2. 120Gambia1.4429
  3. 119Central African Republic1.5196
  4. 118Cambodia1.6286
  5. 117Andorra1.6597

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 4.0173. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +21 / −11countries joined / left
  • 100values changed, of 100 in both
  • 59 · 41rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Cuba8.3581 → 9.5712+1.2131
  • Kenya5.2062 → 6.1720+0.9658
  • Laos1.9903 → 2.8252+0.8349
  • Lesotho9.3651 → 10.1004+0.7354
  • Russia3.1060 → 3.8350+0.7290

Fell most

+ Andorra+ Antigua and Barbuda+ Central African Republic+ Chile+ Republic of the Congo+ Comoros+ Cabo Verde+ Croatia+ Kazakhstan+ Maldives+ Marshall Islands+ North Macedonia+ Malta+ Mongolia+ Nicaragua+ Nauru+ Sudan+ El Salvador+ São Tomé and Príncipe+ Seychelles+ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines− Belize− Bhutan− Cameroon− Ghana− Kiribati− Saint Lucia− Luxembourg− Malawi− Rwanda− Chad− Yemen

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.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

  • The position is ours

    UIS publishes values only; the order is this site’s.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 121 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2002). Government Spending on Education, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/education-spending/2002

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07Questions

Government Spending on Education, 2002: questions and answers

Which country has the highest government spending on education in Government Spending on Education, 2002?

Nauru, at 15.8635, of the 121 countries in the file.

What year does Government Spending on Education, 2002 describe?

2002.

How many countries does Government Spending on Education, 2002 cover?

121.

Where can I download Government Spending on Education, 2002?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Government Spending on Education, 2002 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Government Spending on Education, 2023.

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