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

Expenditure on tertiary education (% of government expenditure on education) in Switzerland was 26.00 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 27.94 in 2004, while its lowest value was 16.81 in 1976.

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
1970 17.57
1971 18.93
1972 18.60
1973 18.92
1974 17.60
1975 17.65
1976 16.81
1977 17.64
1978 17.35
1979 18.55
1980 19.86
1981 20.11
1982 19.67
1983 19.99
1984 19.68
1985 19.13
1986 19.84
1987 20.27
1988 20.40
1989 20.79
1990 20.93
1991 21.16
1993 20.68
1994 20.51
1995 19.91
1996 19.74
1998 20.35
1999 22.31
2000 22.29
2001 23.11
2002 24.23
2003 27.08
2004 27.94
2005 25.96
2006 26.59
2007 25.45
2008 24.00
2009 25.14
2010 25.31
2011 26.00
2012 26.31
2013 26.15
2014 26.38
2015 26.26
2016 26.00

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