Government expenditure on secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary vocational education only, constant 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$ in constant value (taking into account inflation). It includes expenditure funded by transfers from international sources to...

Countries reporting
49
Highest
19,817 millions
Germany
Lowest
0.2431 millions
Maldives
Median
98.64 millions
Years covered
14
2006–2019
Data points
296

What the numbers show

Government expenditure on secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary vocational education only, constant US$ (millions) is currently reported for 49 countries. The highest value is 19,817 millions in Germany; the lowest is 0.2431 millions in Maldives.

The median across all reporting countries is 98.64 millions, and the mean is 1,390 millions.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 81,520.

Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in South Africa (up 428.8%), and the largest decrease in Ethiopia (down 51.2%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Germany 19,817 millions 2017 up 2.0% flat
2 United Kingdom 14,909 millions 2017 rising
3 Netherlands 9,166 millions 2017 up 3.7% rising
4 Australia 3,898 millions 2017 down 9.0% falling
5 Mexico 3,472 millions 2017 down 15.5% falling
6 Austria 2,690 millions 2017 down 5.7% falling
7 Finland 2,384 millions 2017 down 21.0% falling
8 Israel 2,382 millions 2017 down 16.0% flat
9 Iran 1,655 millions 2018 up 8.5% rising
10 Czechia 1,319 millions 2017 down 7.5% falling
11 Hungary 964.55 millions 2017 up 116.2% rising
12 Chile 866.42 millions 2017 down 28.2% falling
13 South Africa 850.78 millions 2019 up 428.8% rising
14 Slovakia 606.04 millions 2017 up 8.3% rising
15 Vietnam 482.73 millions 2013 rising
16 Costa Rica 427.56 millions 2019 up 162.3% rising
17 Luxembourg 351.62 millions 2017 up 6.1% rising
18 Ecuador 236.88 millions 2016 up 55.9% rising
19 Pakistan 175.95 millions 2017 rising
20 Kenya 167.08 millions 2015 rising
21 Romania 161.31 millions 2017 up 158.6% rising
22 Latvia 132.62 millions 2017 down 14.7% falling
23 Lithuania 119.2 millions 2017 down 28.8% falling
24 Estonia 116.47 millions 2017 down 19.7% falling
25 Iceland 98.64 millions 2017 down 2.4% flat
26 Malaysia 85.43 millions 2017 down 35.4% flat
27 Ethiopia 84.69 millions 2015 down 51.2% falling
28 Mali 80.55 millions 2017 up 19.9% rising
29 Cyprus 67.88 millions 2017 rising
30 Moldova 39.12 millions 2018 flat
31 Cote d'Ivoire 38.42 millions 2018 down 44.4% falling
32 Senegal 34.24 millions 2018 down 32.0% falling
33 Uganda 33.09 millions 2014 rising
34 Burkina Faso 28.6 millions 2016 up 105.3% rising
35 Malta 27.6 millions 2017 up 1.6% flat
36 Aruba 23.95 millions 2016 flat
37 Niger 23.58 millions 2017 falling
38 Kyrgyzstan 16.27 millions 2017 falling
39 Nepal 15.14 millions 2015 up 74.6% rising
40 Afghanistan 14.44 millions 2017 up 0.4% rising
41 Togo 13.68 millions 2016 rising
42 Peru 11.98 millions 2019 up 351.5% volatile
43 Guinea 11.9 millions 2018 up 37.8% rising
44 Armenia 5.86 millions 2017 up 30.0% falling
45 Laos 3.96 millions 2014 up 171.6% rising
46 Gabon 3.27 millions 2014 volatile
47 Comoros 0.6004 millions 2015 volatile
48 South Sudan 0.422 millions 2017 rising
49 Maldives 0.2431 millions 2016 volatile

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Indicator
Government expenditure on secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary vocational education only, constant US$ (millions)
Unit
millions
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
49 places, 296 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$ in constant value (taking into account inflation). 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$, and where it is expressed in constant value, uses a GDP deflator to account for inflation. The constant prices base year is normally three years before the year of the data release. For example, in the July 2017 data release, constant US$ values are expressed in 2014 prices. 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/