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South Africa - Expenditure per student

Government expenditure per student, primary (% of GDP per capita)

Government expenditure per student, primary (% of GDP per capita) in South Africa was 17.94 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 19.01 in 2012, while its lowest value was 12.54 in 2003.

Definition: Government expenditure per student is the average general government expenditure (current, capital, and transfers) per student in the given level of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP per capita.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

Year	Value
1999	14.44
2000	13.97
2001	13.79
2002	13.75
2003	12.54
2004	12.82
2005	13.81
2006	14.98
2007	14.06
2008	13.31
2009	14.85
2010	17.20
2011	17.61
2012	19.01
2014	17.83
2017	17.65
2018	17.94

Government expenditure per student, secondary (% of GDP per capita)

Government expenditure per student, secondary (% of GDP per capita) in South Africa was 21.38 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 21.44 in 2011, while its lowest value was 15.44 in 2008.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

Year	Value
1999	20.37
2000	17.84
2001	17.43
2002	16.98
2003	18.19
2004	18.97
2005	16.98
2006	16.21
2007	16.96
2008	15.44
2009	17.27
2010	19.38
2011	21.44
2012	21.08
2015	19.08
2017	19.57
2018	21.38

Government expenditure per student, tertiary (% of GDP per capita)

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

Year	Value
2013	39.20
2014	38.20
2015	40.02
2017	46.83
2018	47.98

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Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Inputs