Canada: Government expenditure per student, tertiary (% of GDP per capita)

Key figures

Over five years it is down 11.64 percentage points from 43.08% in 2011. Since 1998 it is down 11.41 percentage points from 42.85% in 1998. The World Bank has no value for 9 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

From 2007 to 2016 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.86 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 31% of the movement over 9 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2016, Canada had the 13th highest value of the 30 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.

Closest to Canada in the 2016 ranking

• Türkiye — 9th of 30: 35.28%
• Finland — 10th of 30: 33.93%
• France — 11th of 30: 31.62%
• Bangladesh — 13th of 30: 29.9%
• Mexico — 14th of 30: 29.66%
• Slovak Republic — 15th of 30: 27.6%

What this measures

Government expenditure per student is the average general government expenditure (current, capital, and transfers) per student in the given level of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP per capita.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a median.

All 10 values

More education data for Canada

• 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 — 2.43 million (2023)
• Secondary education, pupils — 2.7 million (2023)
• School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 0.99 (2020)
• Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) — 4.84% (2022)
• School enrollment, primary and secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 1 (2020)
• School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)

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Questions people ask

What is Canada's government expenditure per student, tertiary (% of GDP per capita)?

31.44% in 2016, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1998?

It is down 11.41 percentage points from 42.85% in 1998. The highest value was 44.69% in 2010 and the lowest 29.65% in 2013.

How does Canada rank?

13th highest of 30 economies with data for 2016.

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.TERT.PC.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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