Initial household funding per primary student as a percentage of GDP per capita by country
Total payments of households (pupils, students and their families) for educational institutions (such as for tuition fees, exam and registration fees, contribution to Parent-Teacher associations or other school funds, and fees for canteen, boarding and transport) and purchases outside of educational institutions...
What the numbers show
Initial household funding per primary student as a percentage of GDP per capita is currently reported for 57 countries. The highest value is 19.1% in Tajikistan; the lowest is 0.0% in Sweden.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.6%, and the mean is 3.6%.
Over the past decade 23 countries rose and 26 fell. The largest increase was in Austria (up 330.3%), and the largest decrease in Sweden (down 100.0%).
Initial household funding per primary student as a percentage of GDP: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tajikistan | 19.1% | 2009 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 2 | Lebanon | 18.4% | 2013 | up 45.2% | rising |
| 3 | Togo | 11.8% | 2015 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 4 | El Salvador | 9.1% | 2018 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 5 | Chad | 8.4% | 2013 | — | falling |
| 6 | Dominican Republic | 8.3% | 2019 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 7 | Barbados | 8.0% | 2016 | up 102.5% | rising |
| 8 | Nepal | 7.5% | 2015 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 9 | Cambodia | 7.0% | 2014 | up 96.2% | rising |
| 10 | Uganda | 5.5% | 2014 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 11 | Colombia | 5.4% | 2018 | up 102.0% | rising |
| 12 | Benin | 5.2% | 2014 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 13 | Malta | 4.9% | 2017 | up 153.1% | rising |
| 14 | Spain | 4.7% | 2017 | up 208.5% | volatile |
| 15 | Morocco | 4.7% | 2010 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 16 | Peru | 4.6% | 2019 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 17 | Gambia | 4.5% | 2013 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 18 | Cyprus | 4.2% | 2017 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 19 | Burkina Faso | 4.1% | 2007 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 20 | Indonesia | 3.6% | 2015 | up 22.4% | falling |
| 21 | Chile | 3.4% | 2017 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 22 | Portugal | 3.1% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 23 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3.1% | 2015 | down 54.4% | falling |
| 24 | Slovenia | 3.1% | 2015 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 25 | Vietnam | 3.1% | 2013 | — | flat |
| 26 | Cameroon | 3.1% | 2012 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 27 | Slovakia | 2.8% | 2017 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 28 | Argentina | 2.7% | 2017 | up 167.3% | rising |
| 29 | Israel | 2.6% | 2017 | up 109.9% | rising |
| 30 | Poland | 2.6% | 2017 | up 315.6% | rising |
| 31 | United Kingdom | 2.3% | 2013 | up 36.9% | rising |
| 32 | Burundi | 1.9% | 2010 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 33 | Mali | 1.9% | 2010 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 34 | Australia | 1.8% | 2015 | up 44.6% | rising |
| 35 | Niger | 1.7% | 2011 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 36 | Ghana | 1.6% | 2014 | down 48.1% | falling |
| 37 | Austria | 1.3% | 2017 | up 330.3% | volatile |
| 38 | Latvia | 1.3% | 2017 | down 46.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Mexico | 1.3% | 2017 | down 38.6% | rising |
| 40 | Belgium | 1.1% | 2017 | — | rising |
| 41 | New Zealand | 1.1% | 2017 | — | flat |
| 42 | Ukraine | 1.1% | 2017 | down 48.4% | falling |
| 43 | Italy | 1.0% | 2017 | down 28.6% | rising |
| 44 | Lithuania | 0.9% | 2017 | up 68.9% | rising |
| 45 | Cuba | 0.6% | 2010 | — | rising |
| 46 | Malawi | 0.6% | 2008 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 47 | Luxembourg | 0.5% | 2017 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 48 | Czechia | 0.5% | 2017 | down 42.1% | falling |
| 49 | Cape Verde | 0.5% | 2016 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 50 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.5% | 2014 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 51 | Ireland | 0.4% | 2017 | up 248.0% | rising |
| 52 | Denmark | 0.4% | 2014 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 53 | Iceland | 0.2% | 2014 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 54 | Mongolia | 0.1% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 55 | Romania | 0.0% | 2016 | down 91.1% | volatile |
| 56 | Norway | 0.0% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Sweden | 0.0% | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
About this data
Total payments of households (pupils, students and their families) for educational institutions (such as for tuition fees, exam and registration fees, contribution to Parent-Teacher associations or other school funds, and fees for canteen, boarding and transport) and purchases outside of educational institutions (such as for uniforms, textbooks, teaching materials, or private classes). 'Initial funding' means that government transfers to households, such as scholarships and other financial aid for education, are subtracted from what is spent by households. Note that in some countries for some education levels, the value of this indicator may be 0, since on average households may be receiving as much, or more, in financial aid from the government than what they are spending on education. Calculation: Total payments of households (pupils, students and their families) for educational institutions (such as for tuition fees, exam and registration fees, contribution to Parent-Teacher associations or other school funds, and fees for canteen, boarding and transport), plus purchases outside of educational institutions (such as for uniforms, textbooks, teaching materials, or private classes), minus government education transfers to households (such as scholarships or other education-specific financial aid). When expressed as a share of GDP, this is then divided by the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Limitations: Indicators for household expenditure on education should be interpreted with caution since data comes from household surveys which may not all follow the same definitions and concepts. These types of surveys are also not carried out in all countries with regularity, and for some categories (such as pupils in pre-primary education), the sample sizes may be low. In some cases where data on government transfers to households (scholarships and other financial aid) was not available, they could not be subtracted from amounts paid by households. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/