Among the 40 countries participating in the Third International Mathematics and Science, the United States is ranked 28th in mathematics, England is ranked 25th, Scotland is 29th, and the 4 richest countries and regions in East Asia (Singapore, South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong) rank in the top 4 in mathematics, but the United States' children's education expenditure is three times that of South Korea
The Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Slovenia perform significantly better than their economically developed Western neighbors, although their education funding is much lower than that of Western countries
Generally speaking, the education level of children in a country depends on the amount of education funding.