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

Expenditure on primary education (% of government expenditure on education) in Korea was 31.70 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 67.54 in 1970, while its lowest value was 31.70 in 2016.

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
1970 67.54
1971 66.31
1972 60.97
1973 63.09
1975 52.18
1976 63.53
1977 58.78
1979 55.92
1980 47.92
1981 63.22
1982 34.90
1983 46.24
1984 45.90
1985 44.67
1986 44.55
1987 44.04
1988 52.99
1989 46.92
1990 43.64
1991 43.14
1992 42.21
1993 40.74
1994 44.52
1995 44.49
1998 39.59
1999 41.42
2016 31.70

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