Government expenditure per student, tertiary (% of GDP per capita) - Country Ranking - Asia

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/)

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Kuwait 112.90 2004
2 Saudi Arabia 93.47 1998
3 China 89.12 1999
4 Pakistan 67.24 2017
5 Afghanistan 58.22 2014
6 Bhutan 50.69 2014
7 Syrian Arab Republic 49.41 2009
8 India 49.27 2013
9 Oman 43.56 2016
10 Turkey 35.28 2016
11 Vietnam 34.22 2013
12 Brunei 31.93 2016
13 Sri Lanka 31.56 2018
14 Bangladesh 29.90 2016
15 Jordan 25.33 2018
16 Hong Kong SAR, China 24.20 2018
17 Nepal 24.16 2015
18 Iran 24.16 2017
19 Malaysia 23.75 2018
20 Singapore 23.54 2017
21 Bahrain 21.43 2013
22 Indonesia 20.77 2015
23 Japan 20.61 2016
24 Lao PDR 20.34 2014
25 Russia 19.82 2016
26 Tajikistan 19.57 2015
27 Lebanon 19.48 2013
28 Azerbaijan 19.39 2017
29 Macao SAR, China 19.05 2017
30 Israel 18.18 2016
31 Thailand 18.17 2013
32 Myanmar 16.69 2018
33 Timor-Leste 15.06 2010
34 Korea 15.02 2016
35 Philippines 10.57 2009
36 Georgia 10.02 2017
37 Armenia 9.88 2017
38 Kazakhstan 7.46 2018
39 Cambodia 5.25 2011
40 Mongolia 5.19 2017
41 Kyrgyz Republic 4.90 2017
42 United Arab Emirates 0.00 1997

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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: General government expenditure per student in tertiary education is calculated by dividing total government expenditure on tertiary education by the number of students at tertiary level, expressed as a percentage of GDP per capita. Aggregate data are 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. Data on GDP per capita come from the World Bank. 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