Ireland - Current education expenditure, total (% of total expenditure in public institutions)

Current education expenditure, total (% of total expenditure in public institutions) in Ireland was 94.79 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 94.95 in 2012, while its lowest value was 87.36 in 2001.

Definition: Current expenditure is expressed as a percentage of direct expenditure in public educational institutions (instructional and non-instructional) of the specified level of education. Financial aid to students and other transfers are excluded from direct expenditure. Current expenditure is consumed within the current year and would have to be renewed if needed in the following year. It includes staff compensation and current expenditure other than for staff compensation (ex. on teaching materials, ancillary services and administration).

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also:

Year Value
1998 93.14
1999 90.98
2000 88.90
2001 87.36
2002 89.39
2003 92.67
2004 93.24
2005 91.56
2006 91.95
2007 90.35
2008 90.84
2009 91.47
2010 91.29
2011 93.31
2012 94.95
2013 94.17
2014 93.77
2015 93.11
2016 92.60
2017 94.73
2018 94.79

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: Current expenditure, total is calculated by dividing all current expenditure in public institutions of all levels of education by total expenditure (current and capital) in public institutions of all levels of education, 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