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Current expenditure as % of total expenditure in secondary 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
114
Highest
100.0%
Aruba
Lowest
43.7%
Eritrea
Median
95.0%
Years covered
25
1995–2019
Data points
1,427

What the numbers show

Current expenditure as % of total expenditure in secondary public institutions (%) is currently reported for 114 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Aruba; the lowest is 43.7% in Eritrea.

The median across all reporting countries is 95.0%, and the mean is 92.4%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 67 countries rose and 38 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 47.7%), and the largest decrease in Bangladesh (down 37.3%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Aruba 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Kuwait 100.0% 2014 up 3.3% falling
1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 100.0% 2018 unchanged rising
1 Vanuatu 100.0% 2017 up 1.3% rising
5 Comoros 100.0% 2015 up 15.6% rising
6 Liechtenstein 100.0% 2014 down 0.0% flat
7 Ecuador 99.9% 2018 up 0.6% flat
8 Costa Rica 99.4% 2019 up 3.0% flat
9 Maldives 99.3% 2019 down 0.5% flat
10 Barbados 99.2% 2016 up 8.3% rising
11 Central African Republic 99.1% 2010 up 3.2% flat
12 Andorra 98.9% 2019 down 0.2% flat
13 Guinea 98.8% 2019 up 3.7% flat
14 Cambodia 98.5% 2014 down 1.5% flat
15 Cuba 98.5% 2010 up 6.7% rising
16 Madagascar 98.1% 2013 up 11.6% rising
17 Jamaica 98.1% 2019 down 1.9% flat
18 Uruguay 98.0% 2018 up 5.3% rising
19 Brazil 97.7% 2017 up 4.8% flat
20 Mexico 97.7% 2017 up 0.9% flat
21 Malawi 97.7% 2016 up 14.9% rising
22 Thailand 97.7% 2014 — flat
23 Monaco 97.6% 2019 up 1.9% flat
24 Iran, Islamic Republic of 97.6% 2018 up 3.3% rising
25 Greece 97.6% 2017 up 14.6% rising
26 Niger 97.5% 2017 up 3.4% falling
27 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 97.5% 2017 up 1.1% flat
28 Singapore 97.4% 2018 up 6.7% rising
29 Spain 97.3% 2017 up 8.4% flat
30 Kenya 97.2% 2015 — flat
31 Cyprus 97.2% 2017 up 7.2% rising
32 Serbia 97.2% 2018 up 1.0% flat
33 Senegal 97.1% 2018 up 17.4% rising
34 Cameroon 97.1% 2012 — rising
35 Togo 96.9% 2016 down 1.7% rising
36 Oman 96.9% 2018 up 6.4% rising
37 Romania 96.8% 2017 up 20.0% flat
38 Italy 96.8% 2015 up 2.8% flat
39 South Africa 96.7% 2019 down 0.9% flat
40 Bulgaria 96.6% 2017 up 16.2% flat
41 Austria 96.6% 2017 down 1.6% flat
42 Namibia 96.6% 2017 up 3.2% flat
43 Mali 96.6% 2017 up 18.0% rising
44 Ghana 96.5% 2014 up 6.8% flat
45 Malta 96.4% 2017 up 5.6% flat
46 Iceland 96.2% 2017 up 2.6% rising
47 Slovakia 95.8% 2017 down 0.8% flat
48 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 95.7% 2017 up 3.1% flat
49 Kazakhstan 95.7% 2016 — flat
50 Hong Kong, China 95.7% 2012 up 4.0% flat
51 Malaysia 95.6% 2019 up 3.2% rising
52 Hungary 95.6% 2017 up 1.1% rising
53 Colombia 95.6% 2018 down 4.4% falling
54 Poland 95.3% 2017 up 1.4% flat
55 Sweden 95.2% 2017 up 2.9% falling
56 Portugal 95.2% 2017 down 2.1% flat
57 Cape Verde 95.0% 2016 up 37.5% rising
58 Gambia 95.0% 2013 up 47.7% rising
59 Denmark 94.7% 2017 up 0.4% flat
60 Lithuania 94.7% 2017 up 5.4% flat
61 Ireland 94.6% 2017 up 2.8% flat
62 India 94.5% 2005 down 3.0% flat
63 Germany 94.4% 2017 up 1.5% flat
64 Benin 94.4% 2015 down 1.8% rising
65 Timor-Leste 93.8% 2014 up 29.9% rising
66 Chile 93.5% 2017 down 2.9% rising
67 Paraguay 93.5% 2016 up 1.4% falling
68 Australia 93.0% 2017 up 1.0% flat
69 Seychelles 93.0% 2016 up 5.8% flat
70 Indonesia 92.8% 2015 down 0.4% flat
71 Estonia 92.6% 2017 up 1.9% flat
72 Slovenia 92.5% 2017 up 2.5% flat
73 Switzerland 92.2% 2015 up 0.6% flat
74 Czechia 92.0% 2017 down 1.2% flat
75 United States of America 91.0% 2017 — flat
76 Ukraine 90.8% 2017 down 5.7% flat
77 Guyana 90.7% 2012 up 9.8% rising
78 Luxembourg 90.7% 2017 up 4.4% rising
79 Guatemala 90.6% 2019 down 6.0% falling
80 Israel 90.6% 2017 down 2.7% flat
81 Burkina Faso 90.5% 2016 up 25.8% rising
82 Côte d'Ivoire 90.4% 2018 down 2.6% flat
83 Mongolia 90.2% 2017 up 1.0% flat
84 Rwanda 89.9% 2018 up 8.2% flat
85 Nepal 89.9% 2015 up 2.5% flat
86 Japan 89.6% 2017 down 1.2% flat
87 Finland 89.4% 2017 down 1.5% flat
88 Afghanistan 89.4% 2017 up 8.1% flat
89 Philippines 89.3% 2009 down 3.9% falling
90 Netherlands 89.0% 2017 up 5.1% flat
91 Saint Lucia 88.9% 2018 up 30.0% flat
92 Latvia 88.7% 2017 up 5.1% falling
93 Jordan 88.5% 2019 up 0.6% flat
94 El Salvador 88.2% 2018 up 1.4% rising
95 Burundi 87.9% 2013 down 6.7% flat
96 Dominican Republic 87.7% 2019 down 1.4% falling
97 British Virgin Islands 87.7% 2015 down 12.3% falling
98 Republic of Moldova 87.5% 2018 down 1.1% falling
99 Peru 87.3% 2019 up 8.6% falling
100 Lao People's Democratic Republic 86.4% 2014 up 8.9% rising
101 Argentina 86.2% 2017 down 10.5% falling
102 Albania 85.4% 2018 down 5.3% falling
103 Norway 85.2% 2017 down 0.2% flat
104 Morocco 82.6% 2009 down 9.7% falling
105 Turks and Caicos Islands 82.2% 2018 up 3.3% falling
106 Gabon 81.5% 2014 — rising
107 Sierra Leone 79.8% 2019 down 20.2% falling
108 Uganda 79.6% 2014 down 7.5% falling
109 Sri Lanka 78.4% 2018 down 13.8% rising
110 Zambia 77.3% 2017 down 22.7% falling
111 Viet Nam 77.3% 2013 — rising
112 Ethiopia 73.6% 2015 down 8.3% falling
113 Bangladesh 56.5% 2019 down 37.3% falling
114 Eritrea 43.7% 2005 down 0.5% rising

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 secondary public institutions (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
124 places, 1,427 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/