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Ghana - Expenditure per student

Government expenditure per student, primary (% of GDP per capita)

Government expenditure per student, primary (% of GDP per capita) in Ghana was 6.44 as of 2014. Its highest value over the past 13 years was 24.35 in 2011, while its lowest value was 6.44 in 2014.

Definition: Government expenditure per student is the average general government expenditure (current, capital, and transfers) per student in the given level of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP per capita.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

Year	Value
2001	17.96
2004	23.76
2005	21.81
2006	13.87
2007	12.89
2008	12.94
2009	11.64
2011	24.35
2012	17.23
2013	7.28
2014	6.44

Government expenditure per student, secondary (% of GDP per capita)

Government expenditure per student, secondary (% of GDP per capita) in Ghana was 19.96 as of 2014. Its highest value over the past 13 years was 42.86 in 2004, while its lowest value was 19.33 in 2013.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

Year	Value
2001	40.59
2004	42.86
2005	38.42
2006	30.16
2007	27.29
2008	26.73
2009	26.96
2011	26.32
2012	39.08
2013	19.33
2014	19.96

Government expenditure per student, tertiary (% of GDP per capita)

Government expenditure per student, tertiary (% of GDP per capita) in Ghana was 55.54 as of 2014. Its highest value over the past 9 years was 298.91 in 2005, while its lowest value was 55.54 in 2014.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

Year	Value
2005	298.91
2006	216.89
2007	235.54
2008	184.35
2009	150.87
2011	94.90
2012	133.38
2013	67.09
2014	55.54

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Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Inputs