Uruguay: Government expenditure per student, primary (% of GDP per capita)

Key figures

Since 1999 it is up 5.49 percentage points from 7.15% in 1999. The World Bank has no value for 8 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 2.37 percentage points in 2001 and the biggest yearly fall was 2.65 percentage points in 2002. 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 2017, Uruguay had the 8th highest value of the 10 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 Uruguay in the 2017 ranking

• Argentina — 5th of 10: 14.98%
• Mongolia — 6th of 10: 14.11%
• Niger — 7th of 10: 13.3%
• Mali — 9th of 10: 12.34%
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 10th of 10: 11.12%

What this measures

Government expenditure per student is the average general government expenditure (current, capital, and transfers) per student in the given level of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP per capita.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a median.

All 11 values

Government expenditure per student, primary (% of GDP per capita) in nearby economies

• Argentina — 14.98% (2017)
• Belize — 16.56% (2017)
• Brazil — 20.06% (2015)
• Chile — 18.39% (2017)
• Colombia — 16.99% (2018)
• Costa Rica — 20.83% (2018)
• Dominican Republic — 16.19% (2018)
• Ecuador — 9.51% (2016)
• El Salvador

More education data for Uruguay

• 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 — 287,527 (2023)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 104.53% (2023)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 103.96% (2023)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 105.08% (2023)
• Secondary education, pupils — 337,808 (2023)
• School enrollment, secondary (% gross) — 119.11% (2023)

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Questions people ask

What is Uruguay's government expenditure per student, primary (% of GDP per capita)?

12.64% in 2017, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1999?

It is up 5.49 percentage points from 7.15% in 1999. The highest value was 12.64% in 2017 and the lowest 5.85% in 2003.

How does Uruguay rank?

8th highest of 10 economies with data for 2017.

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.PC.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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