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Current expenditure as % of total expenditure in primary public institutions (%) by country

Current expenditure expressed as a percentage of direct expenditure in public educational institutions (instructional and non-instructional) of the specified level of education. Financial aid to students and other transfers are excluded from direct expenditure. Current expenditure is consumed within the current...

Countries reporting
113
Highest
100.0%
Aruba
Lowest
71.7%
Guyana
Median
94.5%
Years covered
25
1995–2019
Data points
1,417

What the numbers show

Current expenditure as % of total expenditure in primary public institutions (%) is currently reported for 113 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Aruba; the lowest is 71.7% in Guyana.

The median across all reporting countries is 94.5%, and the mean is 93.7%.

Over the past decade 68 countries rose and 38 fell. The largest increase was in Comoros (up 126.9%), and the largest decrease in Sierra Leone (down 21.8%).

Current expenditure as % of total expenditure in primary public: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Aruba 100.0% 2016 up 0.5% rising
1 Bangladesh 100.0% 2012 up 27.2% rising
1 Cambodia 100.0% 2014 unchanged flat
1 Kuwait 100.0% 2014 up 3.2% falling
1 Turks and Caicos Islands 100.0% 2018 up 16.4% rising
1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 100.0% 2018 unchanged rising
1 British Virgin Islands 100.0% 2010 up 33.7% rising
1 Vanuatu 100.0% 2017 up 1.5% rising
9 Comoros 100.0% 2015 up 126.9% rising
10 Ecuador 99.9% 2018 up 0.6% flat
11 Thailand 99.9% 2014 up 2.6% flat
12 Saint Lucia 99.8% 2018 down 0.0% falling
13 Cuba 99.5% 2010 up 3.9% rising
14 Portugal 99.4% 2017 up 0.0% flat
15 Maldives 99.2% 2019 down 0.5% flat
16 Togo 99.2% 2016 up 0.6% rising
17 Malawi 99.1% 2016 down 0.9% flat
18 Italy 99.1% 2017 up 4.1% flat
19 Niger 99.1% 2017 up 26.4% rising
20 Côte d'Ivoire 99.0% 2018 up 4.1% rising
21 Andorra 98.8% 2019 down 0.1% flat
22 Zambia 98.6% 2017 down 0.0% flat
23 Jamaica 98.4% 2019 down 1.6% rising
24 Serbia 98.3% 2015 up 2.4% flat
25 Senegal 98.3% 2018 up 14.8% rising
26 Mexico 98.1% 2017 up 0.1% flat
27 Brazil 97.8% 2017 up 5.1% flat
28 Spain 97.7% 2017 up 6.7% flat
29 Madagascar 97.7% 2013 up 77.8% rising
30 Burkina Faso 97.6% 2016 up 62.6% rising
31 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 97.5% 2017 up 7.2% flat
32 Romania 97.3% 2017 up 23.8% flat
33 Mali 97.3% 2017 up 23.2% rising
34 Costa Rica 97.2% 2019 up 3.0% flat
35 Burundi 97.1% 2012 up 13.2% flat
36 Timor-Leste 97.0% 2014 up 54.3% rising
37 Oman 96.9% 2018 up 6.4% rising
38 Iran 96.9% 2018 up 1.1% flat
39 Cape Verde 96.9% 2016 up 9.1% rising
40 Malaysia 96.8% 2019 up 5.6% rising
41 Hungary 96.8% 2017 up 0.3% flat
42 Uruguay 96.4% 2018 up 1.0% flat
43 Guatemala 96.3% 2019 up 15.9% flat
44 Namibia 96.3% 2017 down 2.7% flat
45 Guinea 96.2% 2019 up 1.0% rising
46 South Africa 96.1% 2019 up 1.4% flat
47 Bulgaria 96.0% 2017 up 13.6% flat
48 Sweden 95.9% 2017 up 3.2% flat
49 Kenya 95.7% 2015 — flat
50 Slovakia 95.7% 2017 down 1.2% flat
51 Cyprus 95.6% 2017 up 8.8% rising
52 Colombia 95.4% 2018 down 4.6% falling
53 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 95.4% 2017 down 4.0% flat
54 Eritrea 95.3% 2005 up 11.2% rising
55 El Salvador 95.2% 2018 up 0.8% rising
56 Lithuania 94.6% 2017 up 7.5% flat
57 India 94.5% 2005 down 3.0% flat
58 Chile 94.3% 2017 down 2.4% rising
59 Belgium 93.9% 2017 — flat
60 Iceland 93.9% 2017 up 6.7% rising
61 Slovenia 93.7% 2017 up 4.8% flat
62 Philippines 93.7% 2009 down 2.1% flat
63 Poland 93.7% 2017 up 1.1% flat
64 Germany 93.6% 2017 up 1.9% flat
65 Paraguay 93.4% 2016 down 2.3% flat
66 Uganda 93.4% 2014 up 25.8% rising
67 Monaco 93.2% 2019 down 5.7% flat
68 Ghana 93.1% 2014 up 8.1% rising
69 Hong Kong 93.0% 2012 up 1.8% flat
70 Australia 92.9% 2017 up 0.5% flat
71 Dominican Republic 92.5% 2019 up 5.1% falling
72 Seychelles 92.5% 2016 up 6.1% rising
73 Lao People's Democratic Republic 92.4% 2014 up 10.5% rising
74 Malta 92.1% 2017 up 3.6% rising
75 Barbados 92.0% 2016 down 5.8% flat
76 Austria 91.7% 2017 down 6.0% flat
77 Liechtenstein 91.1% 2014 down 8.9% falling
78 Luxembourg 91.0% 2017 up 12.7% rising
79 United States 91.0% 2017 — flat
80 Benin 91.0% 2015 down 3.1% rising
81 Ukraine 90.8% 2017 down 5.7% falling
82 Ireland 90.8% 2017 up 3.6% flat
83 Nepal 90.6% 2015 up 2.9% flat
84 Morocco 90.5% 2009 down 0.7% flat
85 Gambia 90.4% 2013 up 87.8% rising
86 Denmark 90.4% 2017 down 2.9% flat
87 Czechia 90.2% 2017 down 1.3% flat
88 Estonia 90.0% 2017 down 0.3% rising
89 Dominica 90.0% 2015 up 12.4% rising
90 Singapore 89.7% 2018 up 2.0% flat
91 Mongolia 89.4% 2017 down 10.0% falling
92 Netherlands 89.3% 2017 up 0.7% flat
93 Panama 89.1% 2013 down 1.9% flat
94 Jordan 88.6% 2019 up 2.7% flat
95 Afghanistan 88.6% 2017 up 7.2% flat
96 Cameroon 88.6% 2013 up 13.0% rising
97 Republic of Moldova 88.4% 2018 down 2.1% flat
98 Argentina 88.4% 2017 down 8.1% falling
99 Finland 88.3% 2017 down 3.8% flat
100 Israel 88.0% 2017 down 4.5% flat
101 Switzerland 87.9% 2017 down 2.8% flat
102 Gabon 87.9% 2014 — flat
103 Latvia 87.7% 2017 up 4.7% falling
104 Indonesia 87.6% 2015 down 1.8% flat
105 Rwanda 87.5% 2018 up 3.6% rising
106 Japan 87.4% 2017 down 3.1% flat
107 Peru 87.1% 2019 up 6.0% falling
108 Norway 85.7% 2017 down 2.7% flat
109 Ethiopia 85.2% 2015 down 8.8% falling
110 Viet Nam 82.3% 2013 — rising
111 Sri Lanka 80.9% 2018 down 13.2% rising
112 Sierra Leone 78.2% 2019 down 21.8% falling
113 Guyana 71.7% 2012 down 13.3% flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Current expenditure as % of total expenditure in primary public institutions (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
123 places, 1,417 data points, 1995–2019
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Current expenditure expressed as a percentage of direct expenditure in public educational institutions (instructional and non-instructional) of the specified level of education. Financial aid to students and other transfers are excluded from direct expenditure. Current expenditure is consumed within the current year and would have to be renewed if needed in the following year. It includes staff compensation and current expenditure other than for staff compensation (ex. on teaching materials, ancillary services and administration). Divide all current expenditure in public institutions of a given level of education (ex. primary, secondary, or all levels combined) by total expenditure (current and capital) in public institutions of the same level of education, and multiply by 100. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/