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

Expenditure on primary education (% of government expenditure on education) in France was 20.10 as of 1999. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 25.58 in 1974, while its lowest value was 18.85 in 1972.

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/)

See also:

Year Value
1970 21.79
1971 20.81
1972 18.85
1973 18.89
1974 25.58
1975 25.33
1976 24.86
1977 24.60
1978 24.63
1979 24.54
1980 24.54
1981 24.31
1982 23.86
1983 22.80
1984 22.65
1985 22.21
1986 21.09
1987 21.01
1988 20.89
1989 20.52
1990 20.16
1991 19.15
1992 19.00
1993 20.01
1994 20.23
1995 19.67
1996 19.66
1999 20.10

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