Indonesia: Expenditure on secondary education (% of government expenditure on education)

Key figures

Over five years it is up 2.68 percentage points from 24.32% in 2010. Since 1972 it is down 11.53 percentage points from 38.52% in 1972. The World Bank has no value for 34 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

From 2007 to 2015 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.25 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 67% of the movement over 8 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 2015, Indonesia had the 14th 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.

Closest to Indonesia in the 2015 ranking

• Switzerland — 10th of 17: 35.57%
• Nepal — 11th of 17: 33.32%
• Gambia, The — 12th of 17: 32.83%
• Benin — 14th of 17: 23.74%
• Burkina Faso — 15th of 17: 22.09%
• Ethiopia — 16th of 17: 18.14%

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 10 values

Expenditure on secondary education (% of government expenditure on education) in nearby economies

• Australia — 31.28% (2016)
• Brunei Darussalam — 60.84% (2016)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 31.32% (2018)
• Korea, Rep. — 38.68% (2016)
• Malaysia — 41.37% (2018)
• Mongolia — 29.23% (2017)
• New Zealand — 35.61% (2016)
• Vanuatu — 32.9% (2017)

More education data for Indonesia

• Primary school starting age (years) — 7 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 13 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 28.68 million (2025)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 100.37% (2025)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 99.06% (2025)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 101.61% (2025)
• Primary education, teachers — 1.51 million (2025)
• Secondary education, pupils — 27.84 million (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Indonesia's expenditure on secondary education (% of government expenditure on education)?

27% in 2015, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1972?

It is down 11.53 percentage points from 38.52% in 1972. The highest value was 51.98% in 1989 and the lowest 24.32% in 2010.

How does Indonesia rank?

14th 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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