Macao SAR, China's expenditure on tertiary education (% of government expenditure on education) was 37.12% in 2017, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 0.27 percentage points from 36.86% in 2007.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 37.12% | 2017 |
| Five years earlier | 68.14% | 2012 |
| Ten years earlier | 36.86% | 2007 |
| Highest | 68.14% | 2012 |
| Lowest | 28.35% | 1999 |
| Average since 2008 | 45.23% | 2008–2017 |
| First recorded | 33.08% | 1998 |
What the numbers say
In 2017, Macao SAR, China's expenditure on tertiary education (% of government expenditure on education) fell 2.15 percentage points on 2016 (from 39.27% to 37.12%).
Across the 16 yearly changes before that (1999 to 2016), the average change was −0.35 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 8.42 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below 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 15.13 percentage points in 2010 and the biggest yearly fall was 23.2 percentage points in 2013. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2008 to 2017 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2017, Macao SAR, China had the 2nd highest value of the 20 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Macao SAR, China | 37.12% | 2017 |
| High income | 22.9% | 2016 |
Closest to Macao SAR, China in the 2017 ranking
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 19 values
| Year | Expenditure on tertiary education (% of government expenditure on education) |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 37.12 |
| 2016 | 39.27 |
| 2015 | 42.2 |
| 2014 | 42.73 |
| 2013 | 44.94 |
| 2012 | 68.14 |
| 2011 | 59.53 |
| 2010 | 48.41 |
| 2009 | 33.28 |
| 2008 | 36.64 |
| 2007 |
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)
- Indonesia — 15.8% (2015)
- Korea, Rep. — 20.45% (2016)
- Malaysia — 21.35% (2018)
- Mongolia — 6.41% (2017)
- Myanmar — 14.63% (2019)
More education data for Macao SAR, China
- 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 — 38,349 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils — 31,617 (2024)
- School enrollment, preprimary (% gross) — 86.41% (2021)
- Secondary education, vocational pupils — 936 (2018)
- Primary education, teachers — 2,896 (2024)
- Secondary education, teachers
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Macao SAR, China's expenditure on tertiary education (% of government expenditure on education)?
- 37.12% in 2017, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1998?
- It is up 4.05 percentage points from 33.08% in 1998. The highest value was 68.14% in 2012 and the lowest 28.35% in 1999.
- How does Macao SAR, China rank?
- 2nd highest of 20 economies with data for 2017.
- Is the latest change in expenditure on tertiary education (% of government expenditure on education) unusual for Macao SAR, China?
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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