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

Expenditure on secondary education (% of government expenditure on education) in Spain was 37.32 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 52.01 in 1993, while its lowest value was 16.30 in 1977.

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
1970 24.20
1971 24.23
1972 21.52
1976 18.34
1977 16.30
1978 25.29
1979 21.21
1987 44.92
1988 46.23
1989 46.90
1990 49.70
1991 49.32
1992 49.98
1993 52.01
1994 51.80
1995 49.31
1996 46.58
1998 46.76
1999 46.02
2000 43.74
2001 41.82
2002 41.39
2003 40.25
2004 39.74
2005 39.45
2006 39.20
2007 38.13
2008 37.66
2009 37.50
2010 36.97
2011 36.97
2012 37.33
2013 36.91
2014 36.74
2015 36.80
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 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