Government expenditure on secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary vocational education only, PPP$ (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 PPP$ (at purchasing power parity), in nominal value. It includes expenditure funded by transfers from international sources to...

Countries reporting
48
Highest
23,687 millions
Germany
Lowest
0.4539 millions
Maldives
Median
220.03 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, PPP$ (millions) is currently reported for 48 countries. The highest value is 23,687 millions in Germany; the lowest is 0.4539 millions in Maldives.

The median across all reporting countries is 220.03 millions, and the mean is 1,854 millions.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 52,190.

Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in South Africa (up 458.8%), and the largest decrease in Ethiopia (down 44.3%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Germany 23,687 millions 2017 up 17.2% rising
2 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 16,034 millions 2017 rising
3 Netherlands 10,422 millions 2017 up 14.3% rising
4 Mexico 7,408 millions 2017 down 8.3% flat
5 Iran, Islamic Republic of 4,475 millions 2018 down 12.9% falling
6 Australia 3,526 millions 2017 down 0.5% falling
7 Austria 3,090 millions 2017 up 8.8% rising
8 Czechia 2,492 millions 2017 up 7.4% rising
9 Finland 2,444 millions 2017 down 11.1% falling
10 Israel 2,289 millions 2017 down 4.4% rising
11 South Africa 2,098 millions 2019 up 458.8% rising
12 Hungary 1,970 millions 2017 up 131.4% rising
13 Chile 1,367 millions 2017 down 24.8% falling
14 Viet Nam 1,346 millions 2013 rising
15 Slovakia 1,067 millions 2017 up 9.5% flat
16 Costa Rica 719.56 millions 2019 up 245.3% rising
17 Pakistan 567.03 millions 2017 rising
18 Ecuador 423.08 millions 2016 up 71.3% rising
19 Romania 405.84 millions 2017 up 190.6% rising
20 Kenya 381.39 millions 2015 rising
21 Luxembourg 368.59 millions 2017 up 22.2% rising
22 Latvia 242.4 millions 2017 down 4.2% falling
23 Lithuania 238.8 millions 2017 down 20.9% falling
24 Malaysia 222.02 millions 2017 down 37.8% falling
25 Mali 218.05 millions 2017 up 39.8% rising
26 Ethiopia 204.49 millions 2015 down 44.3% falling
27 Estonia 193.21 millions 2017 down 10.5% falling
28 Republic of Moldova 132.94 millions 2018 rising
29 Cyprus 97.33 millions 2017 rising
30 Uganda 94.37 millions 2014 flat
31 Côte d'Ivoire 89.98 millions 2018 down 15.8% rising
32 Senegal 82.47 millions 2018 down 27.4% falling
33 Iceland 76.86 millions 2017 up 11.6% rising
34 Burkina Faso 75.67 millions 2016 up 119.7% rising
35 Kyrgyzstan 66.08 millions 2017 flat
36 Afghanistan 57.17 millions 2017 up 22.9% rising
37 Niger 52.99 millions 2017 falling
38 Nepal 51.82 millions 2015 up 101.1% rising
39 Malta 42.11 millions 2017 up 12.2% flat
40 Guinea 34.42 millions 2018 up 58.7% rising
41 Togo 32.33 millions 2016 rising
42 Aruba 31.31 millions 2016 flat
43 Peru 23.25 millions 2019 up 388.0% volatile
44 Armenia 18.12 millions 2017 up 44.4% falling
45 Lao People's Democratic Republic 11.25 millions 2014 up 230.6% volatile
46 Gabon 6.75 millions 2014 volatile
47 Comoros 1.26 millions 2015 volatile
48 Maldives 0.4539 millions 2016 volatile

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Indicator
Government expenditure on secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary vocational education only, PPP$ (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 PPP$ (at purchasing power parity), in 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 PPP$. 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/