Bhutan's expenditure on secondary education (% of government expenditure on education) was 41.49% in 2015, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 9.45 percentage points from 50.94% in 2005.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 41.49% | 2015 |
| Five years earlier | 53.88% | 2010 |
| Ten years earlier | 50.94% | 2005 |
| Highest | 79.4% | 1972 |
| Lowest | 41.45% | 1975 |
| Average since 2008 | 53.44% | 2008–2015 |
| First recorded | 76.87% | 1971 |
How it compares
In 2015, Bhutan had the 5th highest value of the 17 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Bhutan | 41.49% | 2015 |
| South Asia | 57.37% | 2016 |
Closest to Bhutan in the 2015 ranking
What this measures
Expenditure on secondary education is expressed as a percentage of total general government expenditure on education. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments.
Limitations: Data disaggregated by level of education are estimates in some instances. It is often difficult to separate lower from upper secondary education expenditure, or pre-primary from primary.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a median.
All 13 values
| Year | Expenditure on secondary education (% of government expenditure on education) |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 41.49 |
| 2014 | 55.68 |
| 2013 | 54.56 |
| 2012 | no data |
| 2011 | 56.74 |
| 2010 | 53.88 |
| 2009 | 56.02 |
| 2008 | 55.73 |
| 2007 | no data |
| 2006 | no data |
Expenditure on secondary education (% of government expenditure on education) in nearby economies
- Bangladesh — 64.33% (2016)
- Maldives — 21.61% (2016)
- Nepal — 33.32% (2015)
- Sri Lanka — 45.74% (2018)
More education data for Bhutan
- Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, pupils — 91,759 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 114.88% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 119.29% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 110.82% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 1.04 (2021)
- Primary education, pupils (% female)
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Questions people ask
- What is Bhutan's expenditure on secondary education (% of government expenditure on education)?
- 41.49% in 2015, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1971?
- It is down 35.38 percentage points from 76.87% in 1971. The highest value was 79.4% in 1972 and the lowest 41.45% in 1975.
- How does Bhutan rank?
- 5th highest of 17 economies with data for 2015.
- Where does this data come from?
- The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.XPD.SECO.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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