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

Expenditure on primary education (% of government expenditure on education) in Ghana was 21.70 as of 2014. Its highest value over the past 43 years was 45.49 in 2011, while its lowest value was 19.39 in 1976.

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
1971 34.68
1972 33.15
1974 38.91
1975 36.86
1976 19.39
1977 19.57
1979 27.12
1980 27.98
1981 27.77
1982 32.46
1986 33.08
1987 27.33
1988 25.73
2001 41.54
2004 39.70
2005 39.45
2006 36.90
2007 34.23
2008 34.57
2009 33.13
2010 30.87
2011 45.49
2012 32.31
2013 24.38
2014 21.70

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