United Kingdom - Expenditure on primary education (% of government expenditure on education)

Expenditure on primary education (% of government expenditure on education) in United Kingdom was 32.33 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 32.33 in 2016, while its lowest value was 22.08 in 1984.

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 26.31
1972 24.49
1973 24.70
1974 24.88
1975 25.29
1976 28.22
1977 27.99
1980 27.05
1981 26.45
1982 23.41
1983 23.03
1984 22.08
1985 22.64
1986 24.76
1987 25.77
1988 26.27
1989 26.65
1990 26.74
1991 27.32
1992 27.34
1994 30.35
1995 30.43
1996 29.65
1998 23.63
1999 24.44
2000 24.71
2001 24.99
2002 23.63
2003 25.48
2004 26.20
2005 26.46
2006 29.45
2007 30.65
2008 31.58
2009 31.12
2010 30.09
2011 30.77
2013 29.79
2014 28.92
2015 32.17
2016 32.33

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