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

Expenditure on primary education (% of government expenditure on education) in Iran was 33.07 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 48.52 in 1971, while its lowest value was 18.49 in 1977.

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/)

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Year Value
1971 48.52
1972 44.23
1973 40.77
1974 36.57
1975 28.23
1977 18.49
1981 42.03
1982 40.72
1983 39.03
1984 37.32
1985 40.69
1986 39.42
1987 41.01
1988 41.11
1989 39.96
1990 38.74
1991 33.69
1992 33.75
1993 31.91
1995 26.43
1996 29.10
2001 25.79
2002 25.95
2003 24.20
2004 23.23
2005 22.44
2006 28.39
2007 28.67
2008 27.86
2009 25.41
2010 24.68
2011 27.21
2012 25.41
2013 26.21
2014 26.89
2015 26.73
2016 28.85
2017 30.12
2018 33.07

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