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Government expenditure on secondary education, US$ (millions) by country

Total general (local, regional and central) government expenditure on secondary 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....

Countries reporting
151
Highest
325,626 millions
United States
Lowest
2.39 millions
Tonga
Median
477.94 millions
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
2,965

What the numbers show

Government expenditure on secondary education, US$ (millions) is currently reported for 151 countries. The highest value is 325,626 millions in United States; the lowest is 2.39 millions in Tonga.

The median across all reporting countries is 477.94 millions, and the mean is 6,868 millions.

Over the past decade 103 countries rose and 27 fell. The largest increase was in Venezuela (up 7,565.9%), and the largest decrease in Fiji (down 54.2%).

Government expenditure on secondary education, US$: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United States 325,626 millions 2017 — rising
2 Germany 73,203 millions 2017 up 4.0% rising
3 Japan 65,426 millions 2017 up 15.2% volatile
4 France 60,875 millions 2017 — volatile
5 United Kingdom 54,040 millions 2017 down 10.2% volatile
6 Brazil 51,962 millions 2017 up 71.3% volatile
7 Italy 31,966 millions 2015 down 12.7% volatile
8 India 29,057 millions 2013 up 274.8% volatile
9 South Korea 25,142 millions 2016 — volatile
10 Australia 22,014 millions 2017 up 42.2% rising
11 Spain 20,510 millions 2017 down 14.1% volatile
12 Netherlands 17,489 millions 2017 — volatile
13 Mexico 17,423 millions 2017 up 19.6% volatile
14 Belgium 14,572 millions 2013 — volatile
15 Argentina 13,880 millions 2017 up 175.6% volatile
16 Switzerland 12,334 millions 2015 up 54.0% volatile
17 Sweden 11,483 millions 2017 down 2.5% rising
18 Austria 8,845 millions 2017 down 4.5% volatile
19 Norway 8,824 millions 2017 down 3.7% volatile
20 Indonesia 8,328 millions 2015 up 152.1% volatile
21 China 7,728 millions 1999 up 283.6% volatile
22 Poland 7,159 millions 2017 down 8.9% rising
23 South Africa 7,132 millions 2019 up 53.5% rising
24 Denmark 6,968 millions 2017 down 20.0% volatile
25 Israel 6,596 millions 2017 up 142.7% volatile
26 Iran 6,060 millions 2018 down 9.5% volatile
27 Finland 5,984 millions 2017 down 3.2% volatile
28 Malaysia 5,704 millions 2019 up 43.9% volatile
29 Colombia 5,659 millions 2018 up 47.5% volatile
30 Thailand 5,168 millions 2013 up 209.2% volatile
31 Portugal 4,930 millions 2017 up 5.5% volatile
32 Venezuela 4,316 millions 2009 up 7,565.9% volatile
33 New Zealand 4,284 millions 2017 — volatile
34 Chile 4,269 millions 2017 up 99.4% volatile
35 Vietnam 3,829 millions 2013 up 121.0% rising
36 Hong Kong 3,758 millions 2019 up 45.2% volatile
37 Czechia 3,721 millions 2017 up 7.0% rising
38 Ireland 3,636 millions 2017 down 16.8% volatile
39 Peru 2,916 millions 2019 up 129.6% volatile
40 Morocco 2,897 millions 2013 up 134.6% volatile
41 Kazakhstan 2,803 millions 2016 — rising
42 Greece 2,747 millions 2017 down 17.6% volatile
43 Romania 2,634 millions 2017 up 3.0% rising
44 Hungary 2,466 millions 2017 down 17.3% volatile
45 Pakistan 2,421 millions 2015 — volatile
46 Kuwait 2,418 millions 2014 up 154.6% volatile
47 Cuba 2,404 millions 2010 up 168.9% volatile
48 Bangladesh 2,291 millions 2019 up 220.7% volatile
49 Singapore 2,230 millions 2018 up 74.1% volatile
50 Tunisia 2,039 millions 2015 up 135.5% volatile
51 Ukraine 1,866 millions 2017 down 35.0% rising
52 Oman 1,824 millions 2019 up 124.1% volatile
53 Slovakia 1,626 millions 2017 up 14.5% volatile
54 Puerto Rico 1,531 millions 2014 — volatile
55 Costa Rica 1,488 millions 2019 up 157.4% volatile
56 Kenya 1,353 millions 2015 up 470.4% volatile
57 Philippines 1,327 millions 2009 up 129.9% volatile
58 Algeria 1,298 millions 2003 — rising
59 Serbia 1,260 millions 2018 up 129.1% volatile
60 Dominican Republic 1,021 millions 2019 up 220.6% volatile
61 Luxembourg 1,014 millions 2017 up 35.3% volatile
62 Uruguay 987.38 millions 2018 up 386.6% volatile
63 Bulgaria 902.04 millions 2017 up 23.9% rising
64 Ghana 891.38 millions 2014 up 290.2% volatile
65 Sri Lanka 859.19 millions 2018 up 106.2% volatile
66 Turkey 840.38 millions 1995 up 220.7% volatile
67 Ecuador 802.22 millions 2018 up 175.3% volatile
68 Slovenia 800.03 millions 2017 down 19.2% rising
69 Syria 705.79 millions 2007 up 318.9% volatile
70 Lithuania 688.51 millions 2017 down 25.1% rising
71 Cote d'Ivoire 660.08 millions 2018 up 100.6% volatile
72 Qatar 579.95 millions 2009 — volatile
73 Jordan 560.18 millions 2019 up 32.9% rising
74 Cyprus 544.92 millions 2017 down 17.3% volatile
75 Iceland 515.67 millions 2017 up 5.3% rising
76 Ethiopia 477.94 millions 2015 up 64.1% volatile
77 Latvia 443.04 millions 2017 down 25.8% rising
78 Mauritius 416.25 millions 2019 up 185.3% volatile
79 Cameroon 412.52 millions 2012 up 53.1% volatile
80 Congo 398.77 millions 2010 up 1,264.2% volatile
81 Paraguay 387.75 millions 2016 up 124.3% volatile
82 Bahrain 367.27 millions 2015 — volatile
83 Estonia 353.93 millions 2017 down 18.5% rising
84 Brunei 348.17 millions 2016 up 238.8% volatile
85 Botswana 344.72 millions 2009 — volatile
86 Zimbabwe 321.51 millions 2014 — volatile
87 El Salvador 319.2 millions 2018 up 80.6% volatile
88 Jamaica 312.5 millions 2019 down 0.5% volatile
89 Trinidad and Tobago 310.65 millions 2009 up 301.1% volatile
90 Guatemala 306.38 millions 2019 up 91.8% volatile
91 Tanzania 282.47 millions 2014 up 483.4% volatile
92 Honduras 274.87 millions 2013 — volatile
93 Nepal 246.83 millions 2015 up 493.6% volatile
94 Panama 245.75 millions 2011 up 81.4% volatile
95 Malta 244.78 millions 2017 up 17.9% volatile
96 Zambia 225.09 millions 2017 up 974.3% volatile
97 Moldova 224.35 millions 2018 up 20.5% flat
98 Mali 215.47 millions 2017 up 48.5% volatile
99 Lebanon 195.03 millions 2013 — volatile
100 Senegal 188.9 millions 2018 up 16.2% rising
101 Afghanistan 182.38 millions 2017 up 23.8% volatile
102 Laos 150.45 millions 2014 up 1,494.4% volatile
103 Armenia 146.3 millions 2017 down 1.9% flat
104 Cambodia 140.49 millions 2014 up 1,721.2% volatile
105 Gabon 140.48 millions 2014 — rising
106 Mongolia 136.53 millions 2017 up 382.7% rising
107 Uganda 135.92 millions 2014 up 150.2% volatile
108 Burkina Faso 123.21 millions 2016 up 311.0% volatile
109 Eswatini 110.7 millions 2014 up 232.9% volatile
110 Rwanda 108.79 millions 2018 up 140.0% volatile
111 Albania 101.39 millions 2017 — rising
112 Barbados 91.76 millions 2016 up 48.2% volatile
113 Malawi 87.03 millions 2016 up 266.8% volatile
114 Benin 85.77 millions 2015 up 49.8% volatile
115 Liechtenstein 69.59 millions 2011 up 116.3% rising
116 Namibia 64.38 millions 2017 down 36.0% rising
117 Bhutan 60.06 millions 2015 up 137.0% volatile
118 Guinea 59.15 millions 2018 up 284.0% rising
119 Sierra Leone 58 millions 2019 up 200.1% volatile
120 Belize 55.97 millions 2018 up 89.0% rising
121 Aruba 54.47 millions 2016 up 86.5% rising
122 Madagascar 52.43 millions 2012 up 42.9% rising
123 Nicaragua 51.97 millions 2010 up 243.2% volatile
124 Niger 50.77 millions 2017 up 51.4% volatile
125 Lesotho 50.51 millions 2018 up 18.7% volatile
126 Chad 50.31 millions 2018 down 17.0% volatile
127 Maldives 49.42 millions 2019 up 45.2% rising
128 North Macedonia 46.73 millions 1996 — rising
129 Liberia 45.37 millions 2018 up 1,937.9% volatile
130 Bermuda 42.68 millions 2015 down 15.7% volatile
131 Burundi 39.42 millions 2013 up 396.9% volatile
132 Mauritania 38.01 millions 2019 up 5.1% rising
133 Cape Verde 36.62 millions 2017 up 14.7% rising
134 Togo 35.62 millions 2016 up 14.7% rising
135 Guyana 30.28 millions 2012 up 112.0% rising
136 Monaco 29.7 millions 2019 up 3.1% rising
137 Saint Lucia 26.83 millions 2018 up 37.9% volatile
138 Andorra 25.22 millions 2019 down 16.4% rising
139 Fiji 25.12 millions 2011 down 54.2% rising
140 South Sudan 22.65 millions 2016 up 33.6% rising
141 Seychelles 17.12 millions 2016 up 56.2% volatile
142 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 14.57 millions 2018 up 18.1% rising
143 Saint Kitts and Nevis 13.61 millions 2016 — volatile
144 Vanuatu 13.13 millions 2017 up 13.4% rising
145 Turks and Caicos Islands 11.07 millions 2018 up 57.9% rising
146 Dominica 9.86 millions 2019 up 52.9% volatile
147 Gambia 9.61 millions 2015 up 485.1% volatile
148 Haiti 7.86 millions 1991 up 63.7% rising
149 Comoros 6.81 millions 2015 up 77.2% rising
150 Central African Republic 5.75 millions 2010 — rising
151 Tonga 2.39 millions 2004 down 12.9% rising

About this data

Indicator
Government expenditure on secondary education, US$ (millions)
Unit
millions
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
151 places, 2,965 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

Total general (local, regional and central) government expenditure on secondary 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/