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Sri Lanka - Expenditure per student

Government expenditure per student, primary (% of GDP per capita)

Government expenditure per student, primary (% of GDP per capita) in Sri Lanka was 7.92 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 9 years was 14.41 in 2016, while its lowest value was 4.17 in 2012.

Definition: Government expenditure per student is the average general government expenditure (current, capital, and transfers) per student in the given level of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP per capita.

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

Year	Value
2009	7.23
2010	5.07
2011	5.15
2012	4.17
2013	4.34
2014	6.48
2015	7.44
2016	14.41
2017	11.39
2018	7.92

Government expenditure per student, secondary (% of GDP per capita)

Government expenditure per student, secondary (% of GDP per capita) in Sri Lanka was 7.67 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 8 years was 14.08 in 2016, while its lowest value was 5.99 in 2012.

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

Year	Value
2010	7.34
2011	7.38
2012	5.99
2013	6.29
2016	14.08
2017	11.52
2018	7.67

Government expenditure per student, tertiary (% of GDP per capita)

Government expenditure per student, tertiary (% of GDP per capita) in Sri Lanka was 31.56 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 8 years was 31.56 in 2018, while its lowest value was 21.09 in 2012.

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

Year	Value
2010	21.85
2011	27.04
2012	21.09
2013	23.67
2014	26.85
2015	29.41
2016	30.52
2017	26.61
2018	31.56

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Inputs