American Samoa - Adjusted savings: education expenditure (% of GNI)

Adjusted savings: education expenditure (% of GNI) in American Samoa was 11.76 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 11.76 in 2019, while its lowest value was 11.76 in 1970.

Definition: Education expenditure refers to the current operating expenditures in education, including wages and salaries and excluding capital investments in buildings and equipment.

Source: UNESCO; data are extrapolated to the most recent year available

See also:

Year Value
1970 11.76
1971 11.76
1972 11.76
1973 11.76
1974 11.76
1975 11.76
1976 11.76
1977 11.76
1978 11.76
1979 11.76
1980 11.76
1981 11.76
1982 11.76
1983 11.76
1984 11.76
1985 11.76
1986 11.76
1987 11.76
1988 11.76
1989 11.76
1990 11.76
1991 11.76
1992 11.76
1993 11.76
1994 11.76
1995 11.76
1996 11.76
1997 11.76
1998 11.76
1999 11.76
2000 11.76
2001 11.76
2002 11.76
2003 11.76
2004 11.76
2005 11.76
2006 11.76
2007 11.76
2008 11.76
2009 11.76
2010 11.76
2011 11.76
2012 11.76
2013 11.76
2014 11.76
2015 11.76
2016 11.76
2017 11.76
2018 11.76
2019 11.76

Limitations and Exceptions: Public education expenditures are considered an addition to savings. However, because of the wide variability in the effectiveness of public education expenditures, these figures cannot be construed as the value of investments in human capital. A current expenditure of $1 on education does not necessarily yield $1 of human capital. The calculation should also consider private education expenditure, but data are not available for a large number of countries.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts