Portugal - Expenditure on secondary education (% of government expenditure on education)

Expenditure on secondary education (% of government expenditure on education) in Portugal was 42.61 as of 2015. Its highest value over the past 42 years was 44.88 in 2009, while its lowest value was 19.08 in 1973.

Definition: Expenditure on secondary 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
1973 19.08
1974 23.58
1975 23.46
1976 23.32
1978 31.73
1979 30.86
1980 28.60
1981 28.69
1982 29.38
1983 24.62
1984 30.53
1985 32.39
1986 30.77
1987 30.42
1988 28.13
1989 33.68
1990 34.02
1991 37.68
1992 38.86
1993 35.07
1994 38.64
1995 42.63
1996 41.41
1999 43.38
2000 42.96
2001 42.45
2002 42.16
2003 40.97
2004 41.16
2005 40.75
2006 40.41
2007 39.53
2008 42.09
2009 44.88
2010 44.01
2011 43.71
2012 44.65
2013 43.92
2014 42.29
2015 42.61

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 secondary education to total government expenditure on education is calculated by dividing government expenditure on secondary 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