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

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 Andorra 98.93 2019
2 North Macedonia 98.88 2002
3 Ireland 98.27 2018
4 Iceland 96.96 2018
5 Finland 96.93 2018
6 San Marino 96.51 2019
7 Serbia 96.35 2019
8 Sweden 96.26 2018
9 Bosnia and Herzegovina 96.23 2018
10 Denmark 95.01 2018
11 Portugal 94.98 2018
12 Romania 94.74 2018
13 Belgium 94.50 2018
14 Slovak Republic 93.94 2018
15 Bulgaria 93.85 2017
16 Lithuania 93.75 2018
17 Ukraine 93.67 2019
18 Moldova 93.25 2019
19 Luxembourg 92.88 2018
20 Belarus 92.56 2020
21 France 91.94 2018
22 Germany 91.76 2018
23 Slovenia 91.60 2018
24 Croatia 91.35 2017
25 Italy 90.62 2018
26 Austria 90.20 2018
27 Switzerland 89.66 2016
28 Netherlands 89.41 2018
29 Albania 88.96 2019
30 Spain 88.26 2018
31 Norway 88.23 2018
32 Poland 87.82 2018
33 Turkey 84.22 2018
34 Latvia 83.88 2018
35 Czech Republic 83.38 2018
36 Estonia 82.15 2018
37 Hungary 81.33 2018
38 Malta 79.98 2017
39 Cyprus 74.36 2017
40 Greece 56.12 2018

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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