Expenditure per student, primary (% of GDP per capita)

Definition: Public expenditure per student is the public current spending on education divided by the total number of students by level, as a percentage of GDP per capita. Public expenditure (current and capital) includes government spending on educational institutions (both public and private), education administration as well as subsidies for private entities (students/households and other privates entities).

Description: The map below shows how Expenditure per student, primary (% of GDP per capita) varies by country. The shade of the country corresponds to the magnitude of the indicator. The darker the shade, the higher the value. The country with the highest value in the world is Serbia, with a value of 61.64. The country with the lowest value in the world is Equatorial Guinea, with a value of 1.07.

Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.

See also: Country ranking, Time series comparison

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