Norway - Expenditure on tertiary education (% of government expenditure on education)

Expenditure on tertiary education (% of government expenditure on education) in Norway was 26.72 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 32.36 in 2005, while its lowest value was 12.01 in 1978.

Definition: Expenditure on tertiary 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
1972 12.84
1973 12.53
1974 12.96
1975 14.33
1976 13.66
1977 15.24
1978 12.01
1980 13.81
1981 13.87
1982 13.77
1983 13.77
1984 14.03
1985 14.08
1986 15.10
1987 15.00
1988 15.85
1989 15.81
1990 16.74
1991 24.87
1992 26.20
1993 26.20
1994 26.04
1995 27.46
1996 26.96
1997 26.50
1998 26.07
1999 27.10
2000 25.40
2001 26.43
2002 27.50
2003 30.39
2004 32.09
2005 32.36
2006 31.55
2007 31.95
2008 31.99
2009 30.43
2010 29.63
2011 29.89
2013 26.62
2014 28.57
2015 25.91
2016 26.72

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 tertiary education to total government expenditure on education is calculated by dividing government expenditure on tertiary 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