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Government Spending on Education, 2009

Figures for 2009, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Government Spending on Education, 2009 covers 115 countries. Cuba is highest, at 13.125; Central African Republic is lowest, at 1.255. The middle country reads 4.664. Against 2008, 99 values changed (72 up, 27 down), 16 countries joined, 18 left.

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Government Spending on Education · Data for 2009

HighestCuba

13.125

LowestCentral African Republic

1.255

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, 2009, 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 115 countries · select a heading to sort

Government Spending on Education, 2009: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
derived
1CubaCUBCaribbean13.125
2Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia12.902
3São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa9.994
4BotswanaBWASouthern Africa9.825
5MoldovaMDAEastern Europe9.510
6DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe8.413
7BoliviaBOLSouth America7.575
8CyprusCYPWestern Asia7.205
9IcelandISLNorthern Europe7.190
10NorwayNORNorthern Europe7.071
11UkraineUKREastern Europe7.051
12VenezuelaVENSouth America6.875
13SwedenSWENorthern Europe6.784
14Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia6.659
15TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa6.528
16EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa6.471
17FinlandFINNorthern Europe6.460
18BelgiumBELWestern Europe6.435
19KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia6.233
20JamaicaJAMCaribbean6.198
21BurundiBDIEastern Africa6.172
22IrelandIRLNorthern Europe6.156
23Costa RicaCRICentral America6.010
24MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia5.974
25EstoniaESTNorthern Europe5.960

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Cuba13.125
  2. 2Timor-Leste12.902
  3. 3São Tomé and Príncipe9.994
  4. 4Botswana9.825
  5. 5Moldova9.510

Lowest

  1. 115Central African Republic1.255
  2. 114Monaco1.354
  3. 113Cambodia1.386
  4. 112Laos1.655
  5. 111Sierra Leone1.724

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 4.664. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +16 / −18countries joined / left
  • 99values changed, of 99 in both
  • 72 · 27rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Antigua and Barbuda+ Belarus+ Bermuda+ Botswana+ Ecuador+ Guyana+ India+ Cambodia+ Sri Lanka+ Monaco+ Mongolia+ Oman+ Serbia+ Chad+ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines+ Venezuela− Bahrain− Comoros− Germany− Algeria− Egypt− Guatemala− Japan− Liberia− Liechtenstein− Lesotho− Namibia− Panama− Russia− Rwanda− Saudi Arabia− Samoa− Yemen− 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.

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 115 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) (2009). Government Spending on Education, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/education-spending/2009

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07Questions

Government Spending on Education, 2009: questions and answers

Which country has the highest government spending on education in Government Spending on Education, 2009?

Cuba, at 13.125, of the 115 countries in the file.

What year does Government Spending on Education, 2009 describe?

2009.

How many countries does Government Spending on Education, 2009 cover?

115.

Where can I download Government Spending on Education, 2009?

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, 2009 the newest?

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

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