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Government expenditure on tertiary education, constant PPP$ (millions) by country

Total general (local, regional and central) government expenditure on tertiary education (current, capital, and transfers), in millions PPP$ (at purchasing power parity) in constant value (taking into account inflation). It includes expenditure funded by transfers from international sources to government. Total...

Countries reporting
144
Highest
2.34 billion millions
Ecuador
Lowest
0 millions
Saint Lucia
Median
744.39 millions
Years covered
36
1984–2019
Data points
2,101

What the numbers show

Government expenditure on tertiary education, constant PPP$ (millions) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 2.34 billion millions in Ecuador; the lowest is 0 millions in Saint Lucia.

The median across all reporting countries is 744.39 millions, and the mean is 16.29 million millions.

Over the past decade 100 countries rose and 32 fell. The largest increase was in Ecuador (up 119,176,000.0%), and the largest decrease in Saint Lucia (down 100.0%).

Government expenditure on tertiary education, constant PPP$: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ecuador 2.34 billion millions 2019 up 119,176,000.0% volatile
2 United States 272,161 millions 2017 — rising
3 India 63,501 millions 2013 up 195.7% volatile
4 Germany 54,845 millions 2017 up 28.0% rising
5 Brazil 45,885 millions 2017 up 121.2% rising
6 United Kingdom 42,002 millions 2017 up 90.6% rising
7 France 36,760 millions 2017 — rising
8 Japan 32,306 millions 2017 up 8.8% rising
9 Russia 29,689 millions 2017 up 12.3% rising
10 Canada 27,762 millions 2017 up 14.1% rising
11 Mexico 22,507 millions 2017 up 28.7% rising
12 Italy 19,012 millions 2017 down 1.6% rising
13 China 18,191 millions 1999 up 110.2% rising
14 South Korea 18,087 millions 2016 — volatile
15 Spain 17,228 millions 2017 down 1.1% rising
16 Australia 15,484 millions 2017 up 59.3% rising
17 Netherlands 15,056 millions 2017 — rising
18 Indonesia 14,849 millions 2015 up 124.8% volatile
19 Iran 12,920 millions 2018 up 70.4% rising
20 Argentina 12,517 millions 2017 up 77.6% rising
21 Poland 12,322 millions 2017 up 62.1% rising
22 Saudi Arabia 11,966 millions 1998 up 26.8% rising
23 Turkey 11,614 millions 2006 up 156.7% rising
24 Sweden 9,521 millions 2017 up 29.5% rising
25 Malaysia 8,574 millions 2019 down 26.0% rising
26 Belgium 8,374 millions 2017 up 19.5% rising
27 Austria 8,207 millions 2017 up 31.0% rising
28 South Africa 8,203 millions 2019 up 100.1% rising
29 Denmark 7,788 millions 2017 up 19.4% rising
30 Egypt 7,755 millions 1996 — rising
31 Switzerland 7,708 millions 2017 up 31.8% rising
32 Colombia 7,459 millions 2018 up 68.7% rising
33 Norway 7,012 millions 2017 up 13.3% rising
34 Thailand 6,899 millions 2013 up 7.4% rising
35 Ukraine 6,822 millions 2017 down 38.3% rising
36 Chile 5,981 millions 2017 up 273.8% volatile
37 Hong Kong 5,951 millions 2019 down 12.7% rising
38 Pakistan 5,757 millions 2017 — volatile
39 Singapore 4,566 millions 2018 up 52.0% rising
40 Vietnam 4,477 millions 2013 up 3.6% rising
41 Finland 4,329 millions 2017 down 5.4% rising
42 Romania 3,813 millions 2017 down 15.5% rising
43 Ireland 3,655 millions 2017 up 26.8% rising
44 Ethiopia 3,653 millions 2015 up 136.3% volatile
45 Bangladesh 3,212 millions 2019 up 225.6% volatile
46 Israel 3,067 millions 2017 up 30.8% rising
47 Peru 2,909 millions 2019 up 138.8% rising
48 Czechia 2,873 millions 2017 down 17.0% rising
49 New Zealand 2,811 millions 2017 — rising
50 Portugal 2,730 millions 2017 down 28.2% rising
51 Hungary 2,316 millions 2017 down 11.5% rising
52 Morocco 2,110 millions 2009 up 91.7% rising
53 Greece 1,940 millions 2017 down 64.7% rising
54 Tunisia 1,857 millions 2015 up 38.4% rising
55 Oman 1,744 millions 2016 up 732.5% volatile
56 Kuwait 1,663 millions 2006 down 2.9% rising
57 Philippines 1,572 millions 2009 up 3.5% falling
58 Costa Rica 1,556 millions 2019 up 95.3% rising
59 Belarus 1,372 millions 2017 down 4.3% falling
60 Slovakia 1,321 millions 2017 up 29.1% rising
61 Sri Lanka 1,228 millions 2018 up 119.5% volatile
62 Bulgaria 1,225 millions 2017 up 61.9% rising
63 Serbia 1,199 millions 2018 down 8.1% flat
64 Kazakhstan 1,146 millions 2018 up 2.1% rising
65 Kenya 1,098 millions 2015 up 58.4% rising
66 Ghana 1,044 millions 2014 up 78.5% rising
67 Croatia 947 millions 2017 up 8.1% rising
68 Uruguay 925.25 millions 2018 up 214.9% volatile
69 Macao 877.91 millions 2018 up 117.7% volatile
70 Senegal 834.18 millions 2018 up 159.2% rising
71 Myanmar 785.51 millions 2019 up 228.8% volatile
72 Tanzania 763.79 millions 2014 up 103.2% rising
73 Lebanon 724.99 millions 2013 up 68.4% rising
74 Lithuania 720.18 millions 2017 down 13.9% rising
75 Slovenia 716.46 millions 2017 down 15.1% rising
76 Panama 662.11 millions 2012 up 24.2% rising
77 Paraguay 660.88 millions 2016 up 128.5% volatile
78 Azerbaijan 635.26 millions 2018 up 103.0% volatile
79 Guatemala 619.05 millions 2019 up 78.0% rising
80 Cote d'Ivoire 575.83 millions 2018 down 21.8% rising
81 Burkina Faso 563.21 millions 2016 up 481.1% volatile
82 Estonia 506.74 millions 2017 up 19.4% rising
83 Honduras 422.77 millions 2015 up 17.4% rising
84 Sierra Leone 415.72 millions 2019 up 779.8% volatile
85 Zimbabwe 414.85 millions 2014 up 662.9% volatile
86 Afghanistan 395.53 millions 2015 up 106.0% rising
87 Latvia 384.45 millions 2017 down 20.0% rising
88 Namibia 377.72 millions 2014 up 413.4% volatile
89 Cyprus 376.82 millions 2017 down 15.9% volatile
90 Dominican Republic 326.63 millions 2007 up 229.3% volatile
91 Luxembourg 309.56 millions 2017 up 12,069.6% volatile
92 Gabon 293.31 millions 2014 — volatile
93 Jordan 292.31 millions 2019 — volatile
94 Mali 272.5 millions 2017 up 75.5% rising
95 Nepal 270.94 millions 2015 up 109.0% rising
96 Iceland 262.43 millions 2017 up 22.6% rising
97 Albania 255.04 millions 2017 — rising
98 Jamaica 253.34 millions 2019 down 25.6% rising
99 Malta 244.42 millions 2017 up 115.4% rising
100 Uganda 223.45 millions 2014 up 69.1% rising
101 Georgia 219 millions 2018 up 79.9% rising
102 Benin 218.96 millions 2015 up 88.6% rising
103 Moldova 216.75 millions 2018 down 41.9% flat
104 Cameroon 203.52 millions 2013 up 25.7% falling
105 Brunei 202.63 millions 2016 up 71.1% volatile
106 Zambia 195.32 millions 2017 up 56.0% volatile
107 Malawi 188.81 millions 2016 up 35.8% volatile
108 El Salvador 182.26 millions 2018 up 16.0% rising
109 Laos 166.87 millions 2014 up 174.1% volatile
110 Niger 150.67 millions 2017 up 232.4% volatile
111 Rwanda 139.87 millions 2018 up 18.9% rising
112 Armenia 125.5 millions 2017 up 15.1% rising
113 Guinea 124.25 millions 2018 up 24.0% volatile
114 Tajikistan 124.11 millions 2015 up 287.5% volatile
115 Burundi 121.6 millions 2013 up 188.3% rising
116 Congo 118.84 millions 2013 up 39.0% falling
117 Togo 103.35 millions 2017 up 103.4% rising
118 North Macedonia 100.19 millions 2002 down 39.8% falling
119 Mauritius 93.6 millions 2019 up 25.5% rising
120 Mongolia 92.29 millions 2017 down 16.5% volatile
121 Eswatini 88.01 millions 2014 down 5.2% rising
122 Fiji 86.43 millions 2013 up 24.7% rising
123 Mauritania 82.79 millions 2019 up 52.7% rising
124 Maldives 70.57 millions 2016 up 239.4% volatile
125 South Sudan 60.57 millions 2017 — rising
126 Cambodia 59.99 millions 2013 up 618.4% rising
127 Kyrgyzstan 57.14 millions 2017 down 72.7% rising
128 Barbados 56.81 millions 2017 down 22.8% rising
129 Chad 56.52 millions 2018 up 8.3% volatile
130 Aruba 40.35 millions 2016 up 92.6% rising
131 Bhutan 39.43 millions 2014 up 20.1% rising
132 Lesotho 32.45 millions 2018 down 83.4% volatile
133 Cape Verde 31.73 millions 2017 up 88.3% rising
134 Seychelles 23.93 millions 2016 up 68.5% volatile
135 Belize 19.2 millions 2018 up 64.9% rising
136 Central African Republic 16.6 millions 2011 up 18.3% falling
137 East Timor 11.85 millions 2014 down 61.5% volatile
138 Gambia 10.51 millions 2015 up 211.1% volatile
139 Guyana 9.46 millions 2012 down 14.4% rising
140 Comoros 6.1 millions 2015 up 118.7% volatile
141 Saint Kitts and Nevis 5.31 millions 2015 — volatile
142 Vanuatu 2.47 millions 2008 down 8.7% rising
143 Madagascar 0.0611 millions 2016 down 99.9% volatile
144 Saint Lucia 0 millions 2018 down 100.0% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Government expenditure on tertiary education, constant PPP$ (millions)
Unit
millions
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
144 places, 2,101 data points, 1984–2019
Last refreshed

Total general (local, regional and central) government expenditure on tertiary education (current, capital, and transfers), in millions PPP$ (at purchasing power parity) 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 PPP$, and where it is expressed in constant value, uses a GDP deflator to account for inflation. The constant prices base year is normally three years before the year of the data release. For example, in the July 2017 data release, constant PPP$ 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/