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These countries invest in education.

Ireland is listed second and South Korea third, with Luxembourg, the United Kingdom, Australia, Sweden, the United States, Israel, and Norway rounding out the top 10. The ordering is specific, but the chart does not identify a year, dataset, or definition of investment.

OECD Education at a Glance 2025 separates spending, per-student outlays, and educational attainment, and it notes that reference years differ across countries. That makes the chart closer to an attainment-style ranking than a definitive league table of who spends the most on education.