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

Expenditure on primary education (% of government expenditure on education) in Malaysia was 34.04 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 44.82 in 1971, while its lowest value was 27.17 in 2000.

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 44.82
1979 36.36
1980 34.20
1981 32.10
1982 32.35
1984 36.41
1985 34.62
1986 35.50
1987 35.97
1992 34.63
1993 33.47
1994 34.98
1995 28.58
1996 31.46
1997 28.13
2000 27.17
2001 27.80
2002 31.19
2003 29.28
2004 29.57
2006 27.71
2007 29.82
2008 39.06
2009 27.68
2010 28.58
2011 29.27
2012 33.59
2013 32.15
2014 32.25
2015 33.20
2016 33.79
2017 33.76
2018 34.04

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