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

Expenditure on tertiary education (% of government expenditure on education) in Finland was 26.54 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 34.03 in 2000, while its lowest value was 11.08 in 1971.

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 11.10
1971 11.08
1972 12.85
1973 13.62
1974 15.22
1975 15.50
1976 15.53
1979 21.18
1980 21.09
1981 21.09
1982 20.94
1983 20.23
1984 20.60
1985 21.04
1986 19.94
1987 21.30
1988 22.73
1989 23.82
1990 25.40
1991 28.29
1992 29.96
1993 28.23
1994 25.73
1995 28.42
1996 28.33
1999 33.83
2000 34.03
2001 32.94
2002 32.47
2003 32.03
2004 32.20
2005 31.81
2006 31.65
2007 31.36
2008 31.00
2009 31.75
2010 31.85
2011 32.02
2012 28.56
2013 28.04
2014 27.91
2015 26.70
2016 26.54

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