United Kingdom - Expenditure on secondary education (% of government expenditure on education)

Expenditure on secondary education (% of government expenditure on education) in United Kingdom was 37.84 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 48.92 in 2009, while its lowest value was 34.65 in 1972.

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
1971 36.68
1972 34.65
1973 35.19
1974 35.69
1975 37.21
1976 39.83
1977 39.27
1980 39.85
1981 39.90
1982 40.57
1983 40.90
1984 41.70
1985 42.69
1986 48.07
1987 48.14
1988 48.32
1989 47.80
1990 46.96
1991 46.33
1992 44.84
1994 44.36
1995 43.64
1996 43.99
1998 46.08
1999 46.71
2000 48.73
2001 48.36
2002 47.15
2003 48.27
2004 47.88
2005 45.39
2006 43.31
2007 45.11
2008 47.04
2009 48.92
2010 48.32
2011 41.57
2013 40.14
2014 41.13
2015 41.04
2016 37.84

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