Initial household funding per primary student as a percentage of GDP in Australia

Australia: Initial household funding per primary student as a percentage of GDP was 1.8% in 2015. ▲ Rising

Latest (2015)
1.8%
Change on year
up 6.2%
World rank
34th
of 57 countries
All-time high
1.8%
in 2015
All-time low
1.0%
in 2000
Years of data
13
1995–2015

Initial household funding per primary student as a percentage of GDP in Australia, 1995–2015

00.511.521995200520151995: 1.12000: 0.9882005: 1.22006: 1.42007: 1.42008: 1.42009: 1.52010: 1.62011: 1.62012: 1.72013: 1.72014: 1.72015: 1.8

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

Analysis

Australia recorded 1.8% for initial household funding per primary student as a percentage of gdp in 2015. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.2% on the previous year and up 44.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, initial household funding per primary student as a percentage of gdp in Australia peaked at 1.8% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 1.0%, in 2000.

Australia ranks 34th of 57 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.

Initial household funding per primary student as a percentage of GDP in Australia, year by year

Annual values for Initial household funding per primary student as a percentage of GDP per capita in Australia, 1995 to 2015.
Year Value Change
1995 1.1%
2000 1.0% -13.7%
2005 1.2% +23.9%
2006 1.4% +12.4%
2007 1.4% +4.9%
2008 1.4% -0.1%
2009 1.5% +0.9%
2010 1.6% +7.7%
2011 1.6% +0.9%
2012 1.7% +4.6%
2013 1.7% +3.9%
2014 1.7% -3.1%
2015 1.8% +6.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 1.1% 1.1% 1.1% 1
2000s 1.3% 1.0% 1.5% 6
2010s 1.7% 1.6% 1.8% 6

Countries ranked near Australia

  1. 31 United Kingdom 2.3% compare
  2. 32 Burundi 1.9% compare
  3. 33 Mali 1.9% compare
  4. 35 Niger 1.7% compare
  5. 36 Ghana 1.6% compare
  6. 37 Austria 1.3% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is initial household funding per primary student as a percentage of gdp in Australia?
Initial household funding per primary student as a percentage of gdp in Australia was 1.8% in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest initial household funding per primary student as a percentage of gdp recorded in Australia?
The highest recorded value was 1.8% in 2015.
What is the lowest initial household funding per primary student as a percentage of gdp recorded in Australia?
The lowest recorded value was 1.0% in 2000.
How does Australia rank for initial household funding per primary student as a percentage of gdp?
Australia ranks 34th out of 57 countries with data for 2015.
Is initial household funding per primary student as a percentage of gdp rising or falling in Australia?
Over the last ten years it is up 44.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Australia data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Initial household funding per primary student as a percentage of GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Initial household funding per primary student as a percentage of GDP per capita
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
57 places, 582 data points, 1995–2019
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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/