Current education expenditure, tertiary (% of total expenditure in tertiary public institutions) - Country Ranking - Africa

Definition: Current expenditure is expressed as a percentage of direct expenditure in public educational institutions (instructional and non-instructional) of the specified level of education. Financial aid to students and other transfers are excluded from direct expenditure. Current expenditure is consumed within the current year and would have to be renewed if needed in the following year. It includes staff compensation and current expenditure other than for staff compensation (ex. on teaching materials, ancillary services and administration).

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

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Lesotho 100.00 2018
1 Namibia 100.00 2014
1 Seychelles 100.00 2016
4 Comoros 100.00 2015
5 Dem. Rep. Congo 99.85 2013
6 Sierra Leone 99.78 2014
7 Togo 99.59 2017
8 Eswatini 99.47 2014
9 Chad 99.11 2020
10 Mauritius 98.64 2010
11 Guinea 98.62 2020
12 Kenya 97.62 2015
13 Mali 97.50 2017
14 Burundi 97.19 2013
15 Niger 96.72 2018
16 Central African Republic 95.83 2010
17 South Africa 95.44 2020
18 Guinea-Bissau 95.27 2013
19 Madagascar 95.21 2017
20 Zimbabwe 94.77 2009
21 Cabo Verde 94.44 2019
22 Botswana 92.25 2009
23 Malawi 92.16 2016
24 Uganda 91.25 2014
25 Senegal 90.10 2016
26 Benin 90.04 2015
27 The Gambia 84.78 2012
28 Morocco 84.64 2009
29 Côte d'Ivoire 82.08 2018
30 Mozambique 80.74 2013
31 Congo 80.04 2013
32 Burkina Faso 78.72 2007
33 Ghana 77.27 2014
34 Tunisia 76.42 2010
35 Rwanda 74.20 2018
36 Angola 71.11 2006
37 Eritrea 63.74 2004
38 Cameroon 63.23 2013
39 Zambia 56.23 2016
40 Ethiopia 49.19 2015

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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: Current expenditure, tertiary is calculated by dividing all current expenditure in public institutions of tertiary education by total expenditure (current and capital) in public institutions of tertiary education, 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