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

Expenditure on primary education (% of government expenditure on education) in Austria was 16.60 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 29.54 in 1970, while its lowest value was 15.14 in 1983.

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 29.54
1971 28.78
1972 26.96
1973 24.37
1974 24.34
1975 23.29
1976 19.72
1977 19.75
1978 19.23
1979 18.50
1980 17.78
1981 15.86
1982 16.11
1983 15.14
1984 17.31
1985 17.48
1986 16.96
1987 17.58
1988 17.79
1989 17.99
1990 18.13
1991 18.20
1992 18.56
1993 18.40
1995 21.56
1996 20.91
1998 19.40
1999 19.38
2000 19.70
2001 19.64
2002 19.80
2003 19.72
2004 18.95
2005 19.00
2006 18.57
2007 18.03
2008 17.84
2009 17.43
2010 17.13
2011 17.09
2012 15.49
2013 16.30
2014 16.30
2015 16.57
2016 16.60

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