Upper middle income - Public spending on education

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

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
2010 35.92
2011 31.97

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

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
2010 33.72
2011 31.42
2012 34.46

Expenditure on tertiary education (% of government expenditure on education)

Expenditure on tertiary education (% of government expenditure on education) in Upper middle income was 19.10 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 14 years was 19.46 in 2009, while its lowest value was 16.79 in 2008.

Definition: Expenditure on tertiary 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
2002 17.49
2004 18.80
2006 17.75
2007 19.15
2008 16.79
2009 19.46
2010 18.48
2011 18.17
2012 19.17
2016 19.10

Government expenditure on education, total (% of government expenditure)

Government expenditure on education, total (% of government expenditure) in Upper middle income was 14.16 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 16.23 in 2000, while its lowest value was 13.65 in 2005.

Definition: General government expenditure on education (current, capital, and transfers) is expressed as a percentage of total general government expenditure on all sectors (including health, education, social services, etc.). It includes expenditure funded by transfers from international sources to government. 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
2000 16.23
2001 15.58
2002 14.67
2003 15.36
2004 14.80
2005 13.65
2006 13.67
2007 14.16
2008 14.18
2009 14.60
2010 14.57
2011 13.79
2012 14.52
2013 14.62
2014 14.30
2015 14.13
2016 14.39
2017 14.47
2018 14.34
2019 14.16

Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP)

Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) in Upper middle income was 3.88 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 23 years was 4.43 in 2009, while its lowest value was 3.51 in 1996.

Definition: General government expenditure on education (current, capital, and transfers) is expressed as a percentage of GDP. It includes expenditure funded by transfers from international sources to government. 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
1996 3.51
1999 4.21
2000 3.90
2001 3.77
2002 3.63
2003 3.86
2004 3.56
2005 3.98
2006 3.92
2007 4.08
2008 4.10
2009 4.43
2010 3.82
2011 3.57
2012 3.99
2013 3.85
2014 4.32
2015 3.83
2016 3.85
2017 3.93
2018 4.09
2019 3.88

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Inputs