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Ukraine ranked higher than any other Eastern European country in the Nation Higher Education Systems rating developed by Universitas 21, the international research network of 24 universities and colleges. Ukraine occupied the 25th position out of 48 evaluated countries. Czech Republic, Poland, Slovenia, Russia and Slovakia placed at positions 26, 27, 28, 32, and 35, respectively

The head of the research, Professor Ross Williams, the University of Melbourne said: "Ukraine does so well because the UNESCO data shows it as having a very high ratio of government expenditure to GDP ratio, ranking equal 4th overall. This ratio jumps around a lot for Ukraine from year to year which we will investigate more in the update."

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