Austria - Expenditure on tertiary education (% of government expenditure on education)

Expenditure on tertiary education (% of government expenditure on education) in Austria was 32.49 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 33.30 in 2012, while its lowest value was 14.29 in 1981.

Definition: Expenditure on tertiary education is expressed as a percentage of total general government expenditure on education. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1970 15.07
1971 15.09
1972 15.36
1973 15.24
1974 15.68
1975 16.15
1976 16.11
1977 15.19
1978 14.84
1979 14.96
1980 14.94
1981 14.29
1982 14.96
1983 15.68
1984 17.42
1985 17.67
1986 19.80
1987 19.78
1988 20.46
1989 20.63
1990 20.34
1991 21.30
1992 20.96
1993 20.51
1995 21.50
1996 21.05
1998 26.23
1999 26.19
2000 25.01
2001 23.64
2002 22.57
2003 23.52
2004 26.12
2005 27.28
2006 27.16
2007 27.75
2008 27.19
2009 26.20
2010 27.71
2011 26.86
2012 33.30
2013 32.34
2014 32.52
2015 32.63
2016 32.49

Development Relevance: The share of government expenditure for a specific education level allows an assessment of the priority a government assigns to a level of education relative to other levels. Enrolment and the relative costs per student between different levels of education should be also taken into account.

Limitations and Exceptions: Data disaggregated by level of education are estimates in some instances. It is often difficult to separate lower from upper secondary education expenditure, or pre-primary from primary.

Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The share of expenditure on tertiary education to total government expenditure on education is calculated by dividing government expenditure on tertiary education by total government expenditure on education (all levels combined), and multiplying by 100. Aggregate data are based on World Bank estimates. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Aggregation method: Median

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Inputs