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

Expenditure on primary education (% of government expenditure on education) in Malta was 24.27 as of 2015. Its highest value over the past 42 years was 34.83 in 1973, while its lowest value was 14.79 in 2011.

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
1973 34.83
1974 29.07
1975 30.00
1976 25.08
1977 23.94
1978 28.04
1979 31.63
1981 31.63
1982 30.72
1983 29.35
1984 30.17
1985 28.12
1986 28.05
1987 29.22
1988 23.90
1989 25.96
1990 24.34
1991 22.78
1992 22.34
1998 23.58
2002 25.02
2004 21.10
2007 21.78
2008 23.11
2009 21.98
2010 21.65
2011 14.79
2012 22.73
2013 20.24
2014 21.02
2015 24.27

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