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

Expenditure on primary education (% of government expenditure on education) in Argentina was 29.59 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 42.28 in 1982, while its lowest value was 2.97 in 1989.

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
1970 28.00
1972 27.70
1973 31.71
1974 32.38
1975 25.97
1976 25.10
1977 40.32
1978 40.54
1979 41.45
1980 40.55
1982 42.28
1983 39.95
1984 39.06
1985 5.11
1986 5.05
1987 4.74
1989 2.97
1990 3.26
1996 38.74
1998 35.07
1999 36.35
2000 35.69
2001 37.92
2002 35.43
2003 38.01
2004 36.70
2005 34.20
2006 35.04
2007 35.48
2008 35.11
2009 32.80
2010 33.05
2011 31.97
2012 31.80
2013 30.03
2014 30.06
2015 30.04
2016 30.07
2017 29.59

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