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

Expenditure on primary education (% of government expenditure on education) in Mauritius was 22.83 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 66.63 in 1973, while its lowest value was 20.62 in 2015.

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 65.51
1972 66.19
1973 66.63
1975 60.83
1977 48.25
1978 37.74
1981 42.02
1982 45.74
1983 47.68
1984 47.41
1985 44.37
1986 48.87
1987 47.05
1988 47.00
1989 45.51
1990 43.41
1991 36.15
2001 33.17
2002 30.53
2003 31.40
2004 29.94
2005 27.17
2006 26.24
2008 28.39
2009 26.46
2010 26.96
2011 27.10
2012 26.41
2013 27.47
2014 22.68
2015 20.62
2016 21.64
2017 23.05
2018 22.83

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