Government expenditure on secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary vocational education only, US$ (millions) by country

Total general (local, regional and central) government expenditure on secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary vocational education (current, capital, and transfers) in millions US$ (nominal value). It includes expenditure funded by transfers from international sources to government. Total government expenditure...

Countries reporting
48
Highest
19,817 millions
Germany
Lowest
0.2401 millions
Maldives
Median
107.56 millions
Years covered
14
2006–2019
Data points
291

What the numbers show

Government expenditure on secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary vocational education only, US$ (millions) is currently reported for 48 countries. The highest value is 19,817 millions in Germany; the lowest is 0.2401 millions in Maldives.

The median across all reporting countries is 107.56 millions, and the mean is 1,424 millions.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 82,546.

Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 20 fell. The largest increase was in South Africa (up 402.0%), and the largest decrease in Malaysia (down 49.1%).

Government expenditure on secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Germany 19,817 millions 2017 down 3.1% falling
2 United Kingdom 14,909 millions 2017 rising
3 Netherlands 9,166 millions 2017 down 5.1% falling
4 Australia 3,898 millions 2017 down 30.8% falling
5 Mexico 3,472 millions 2017 down 27.9% falling
6 Austria 2,690 millions 2017 down 9.4% falling
7 Finland 2,384 millions 2017 down 25.7% falling
8 Israel 2,382 millions 2017 down 3.0% rising
9 Iran 1,700 millions 2018 down 33.4% falling
10 Czechia 1,319 millions 2017 down 16.3% falling
11 South Africa 1,034 millions 2019 up 402.0% rising
12 Hungary 964.55 millions 2017 up 103.0% rising
13 Chile 866.42 millions 2017 down 33.2% falling
14 Slovakia 606.04 millions 2017 down 4.0% falling
15 Vietnam 473.76 millions 2013 rising
16 Costa Rica 430.95 millions 2019 up 271.3% rising
17 Luxembourg 351.62 millions 2017 up 0.1% flat
18 Ecuador 232.36 millions 2016 up 96.1% rising
19 Pakistan 175.95 millions 2017 rising
20 Kenya 166.09 millions 2015 rising
21 Romania 161.31 millions 2017 up 156.2% rising
22 Latvia 132.62 millions 2017 down 19.4% falling
23 Lithuania 119.2 millions 2017 down 32.2% falling
24 Estonia 116.47 millions 2017 down 19.4% falling
25 Iceland 98.64 millions 2017 up 30.7% rising
26 Malaysia 85.43 millions 2017 down 49.1% falling
27 Mali 80.55 millions 2017 up 29.9% rising
28 Ethiopia 76.59 millions 2015 down 44.4% falling
29 Cyprus 67.88 millions 2017 falling
30 Moldova 44.44 millions 2018 rising
31 Cote d'Ivoire 40.25 millions 2018 down 25.0% rising
32 Uganda 37.95 millions 2014 flat
33 Senegal 35.62 millions 2018 down 37.8% falling
34 Malta 27.6 millions 2017 down 1.3% falling
35 Burkina Faso 27.48 millions 2016 up 68.5% rising
36 Aruba 23.7 millions 2016 flat
37 Niger 23.58 millions 2017 falling
38 Kyrgyzstan 16.27 millions 2017 falling
39 Nepal 14.86 millions 2015 up 116.8% rising
40 Afghanistan 14.44 millions 2017 down 2.3% rising
41 Togo 13.29 millions 2016 rising
42 Guinea 13.23 millions 2018 up 43.7% rising
43 Peru 12.13 millions 2019 up 325.4% volatile
44 Armenia 5.86 millions 2017 up 18.6% falling
45 Gabon 4.25 millions 2014 volatile
46 Laos 3.83 millions 2014 up 319.5% volatile
47 Comoros 0.5774 millions 2015 volatile
48 Maldives 0.2401 millions 2016 volatile

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Indicator
Government expenditure on secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary vocational education only, US$ (millions)
Unit
millions
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
48 places, 291 data points, 2006–2019
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Total general (local, regional and central) government expenditure on secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary vocational education (current, capital, and transfers) in millions US$ (nominal value). It includes expenditure funded by transfers from international sources to government. Total government expenditure for a given level of education (e.g. primary, secondary, or all levels combined) in national currency is converted to US$. Limitations: In some instances data on total government expenditure on education refers only to the Ministry of Education, excluding other ministries which may also spend a part of their budget on educational activities. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/