Small states: Expenditure on primary education (% of government expenditure on education)

Key figures

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 11.91 percentage points in 2000 and the biggest yearly fall was 10.16 percentage points in 2001. 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 2016 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 17% of the movement over 8 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.

What this measures

Expenditure on primary 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 23 values

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

• Afghanistan — 44.19% (2017)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 33.07% (2018)
• Israel — 38.91% (2016)
• Malta — 24.27% (2015)
• Pakistan — 31.05% (2015)

More education data for Small states

• Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 1.34 (2024)
• Primary education, pupils — 5.13 million (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 100.86% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 100.39% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 101.31% (2024)
• Primary education, teachers — 243,069 (2024)
• Primary education, teachers (% female) — 69.37% (2024)
• Secondary education, pupils

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Questions people ask

What is Small states's expenditure on primary education (% of government expenditure on education)?

28.86% in 2016, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1980?

It is down 7.96 percentage points from 36.81% in 1980. The highest value was 44.24% in 1984 and the lowest 27.01% in 2012.

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.PRIM.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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