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

Key figures

Since 1980 it is up 35.69 percentage points from 35.89% in 1980. The World Bank has no value for 16 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 5.72 percentage points in 1997 and the biggest yearly fall was 3.75 percentage points in 2003. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those 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, Tunisia had the 1st 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 Tunisia in the 2015 ranking

• Italy — 2nd of 17: 42.74%
• Portugal — 3rd of 17: 42.61%
• Kenya — 4th of 17: 41.76%

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 20 values

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

• Afghanistan — 22.25% (2017)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 34.4% (2018)
• Israel — 30.78% (2016)
• Malta — 37.54% (2015)
• Pakistan — 37.39% (2015)

More education data for Tunisia

• 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) — 7 (2025)
• School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 1.45 (2023)
• School enrollment, tertiary (% gross) — 38.12% (2023)
• School enrollment, tertiary, female (% gross) — 49.4% (2023)
• School enrollment, tertiary, male (% gross) — 27.38% (2023)
• Primary education, pupils — 1.34 million (2023)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross)

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Questions people ask

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

71.59% in 2015, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1980?

It is up 35.69 percentage points from 35.89% in 1980. The highest value was 71.59% in 2015 and the lowest 31.09% in 1993.

How does Tunisia rank?

1st 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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