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

Key figures

Over five years it is down 0.25 percentage points from 16.05% in 2010. Since 1972 it is up 2.22 percentage points from 13.58% in 1972. The World Bank has no value for 30 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2015, Indonesia's expenditure on tertiary education (% of government expenditure on education) rose 0.75 percentage points on 2014 (from 15.05% to 15.8%).

Across the 8 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2014), the average change was +0.37 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.16 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 5.38 percentage points in 1995 and the biggest yearly fall was 4.37 percentage points in 1996. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2007 to 2015 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.57 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 53% 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 10th highest value of the 16 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

• Brazil — 7th of 16: 21.45%
• Portugal — 8th of 16: 18.3%
• Afghanistan — 9th of 16: 15.95%
• Burkina Faso — 11th of 16: 13.65%
• Luxembourg — 12th of 16: 13.1%
• Kenya — 13th of 16: 13.07%

What this measures

Expenditure on tertiary 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 14 values

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

• Australia — 26.82% (2016)
• Brunei Darussalam — 18.89% (2016)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 29.39% (2018)
• Korea, Rep. — 20.45% (2016)
• Macao SAR, China — 37.12% (2017)
• Malaysia — 21.35% (2018)
• Mongolia — 6.41% (2017)
• Myanmar — 14.63% (2019)

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 tertiary education (% of government expenditure on education)?

15.8% in 2015, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1972?

It is up 2.22 percentage points from 13.58% in 1972. The highest value was 33.92% in 1995 and the lowest 10.98% in 2008.

How does Indonesia rank?

10th highest of 16 economies with data for 2015.

Is the latest change in expenditure on tertiary education (% of government expenditure on education) unusual for Indonesia?

In 2015, Indonesia's expenditure on tertiary education (% of government expenditure on education) rose 0.75 percentage points on 2014 (from 15.05% to 15.8%). Across the 8 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2014), the average change was +0.37 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.16 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.XPD.TERT.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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