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

Expenditure on primary education (% of government expenditure on education) in Ireland was 37.32 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 40.02 in 1971, while its lowest value was 24.33 in 1996.

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 40.02
1972 38.39
1973 35.80
1974 36.05
1976 37.06
1977 35.36
1978 36.69
1979 36.16
1980 36.19
1981 36.45
1982 36.81
1983 27.94
1984 29.11
1985 28.99
1986 28.93
1987 28.65
1988 28.66
1989 29.02
1990 28.52
1991 28.52
1992 27.99
1993 26.93
1994 26.05
1995 25.23
1996 24.33
1998 32.70
1999 31.61
2000 30.84
2001 31.94
2002 32.52
2003 34.18
2004 33.51
2005 33.65
2006 33.87
2007 35.06
2008 35.96
2009 35.75
2010 35.35
2011 35.72
2012 36.90
2013 36.25
2014 36.43
2015 36.87
2016 37.32

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