Euro area - Expenditure on secondary education (% of government expenditure on education)

Expenditure on secondary education (% of government expenditure on education) in Euro area was 37.97 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 42 years was 46.27 in 1993, while its lowest value was 36.92 in 1976.

Definition: Expenditure on secondary 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
1974 36.96
1975 39.39
1976 36.92
1978 40.89
1979 41.12
1981 42.71
1982 44.10
1983 41.08
1984 40.57
1986 40.85
1987 44.13
1988 44.06
1990 43.15
1991 40.85
1992 42.26
1993 46.27
1994 43.80
1995 45.61
1996 44.68
1998 40.90
1999 44.31
2000 43.74
2001 42.45
2002 42.16
2003 45.48
2004 45.76
2005 43.72
2006 43.84
2007 43.18
2008 42.64
2009 42.82
2010 42.94
2011 42.02
2012 38.81
2013 39.84
2014 37.67
2015 37.70
2016 37.97

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 secondary education to total government expenditure on education is calculated by dividing government expenditure on secondary 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