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

Expenditure on primary education (% of government expenditure on education) in Thailand was 41.11 as of 2013. Its highest value over the past 42 years was 58.56 in 1987, while its lowest value was 26.51 in 1998.

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 49.83
1972 53.42
1973 54.45
1974 53.07
1975 54.06
1976 57.21
1977 57.87
1979 55.35
1980 55.83
1981 55.73
1982 53.59
1983 57.01
1984 58.52
1986 58.40
1987 58.56
1988 58.17
1989 57.04
1991 51.52
1992 49.54
1994 47.37
1995 45.45
1996 44.48
1997 30.43
1998 26.51
2000 32.23
2001 32.07
2004 30.97
2008 45.14
2009 46.14
2010 40.08
2011 50.45
2012 44.78
2013 41.11

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