Hong Kong SAR, China - Expenditure on primary education (% of government expenditure on education)

Expenditure on primary education (% of government expenditure on education) in Hong Kong SAR, China was 22.08 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 52.69 in 1973, while its lowest value was 16.28 in 2009.

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 49.57
1972 47.32
1973 52.69
1974 52.23
1975 46.98
1976 46.55
1977 45.59
1978 40.69
1980 33.70
1981 31.83
1982 42.16
1983 32.37
1984 31.25
1985 31.44
1990 27.09
1992 23.85
1996 21.27
2001 23.33
2002 23.29
2003 23.38
2004 22.97
2005 23.11
2006 22.21
2007 21.47
2008 21.40
2009 16.28
2010 20.93
2011 20.51
2012 18.65
2013 17.54
2014 18.85
2015 20.94
2016 21.34
2017 21.69
2018 22.08

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