Finland - Expenditure on primary education (% of government expenditure on education)

Expenditure on primary education (% of government expenditure on education) in Finland was 20.51 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 49.54 in 1976, while its lowest value was 18.40 in 2012.

Definition: Expenditure on primary 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 36.56
1971 38.30
1972 45.76
1973 46.21
1974 46.73
1975 47.24
1976 49.54
1979 35.46
1980 34.12
1981 33.93
1982 32.16
1983 32.33
1984 32.27
1985 32.41
1986 33.79
1987 33.65
1988 32.91
1989 31.60
1990 30.82
1991 27.55
1992 27.16
1993 25.58
1994 25.63
1995 24.71
1996 24.93
1999 21.23
2000 21.40
2001 21.62
2002 21.60
2003 21.60
2004 21.39
2005 20.76
2006 20.62
2007 20.38
2008 20.37
2009 19.79
2010 19.91
2011 20.01
2012 18.40
2013 18.62
2014 19.11
2015 20.24
2016 20.51

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