Which has higher expenditure on tertiary education, Belgium or Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of?

Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of, at 22.6% against 22.3% in Belgium as of 2009.

What is the difference in expenditure on tertiary education between Belgium and Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of?

0.3%, with Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of?

10 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2009.

Where does this data come from?

Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as Expenditure on tertiary education (% of government expenditure on education). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Belgium vs Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of: Expenditure on tertiary education

Belgium

22.3%

in 2016

Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of

22.6%

in 2009

Belgium rank

62nd

Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of rank

60th

Expenditure on tertiary education over time

Belgium
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of

How they compare

Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of currently reports 22.6% against 22.3% in Belgium, a difference of 0.3%.

Across all 10 years both countries report, Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of has been ahead every year.

Belgium ranks 62nd and Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of ranks 60th of 160 countries.

Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Belgium	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	Difference	Ahead
1970s	16.3%	37.3%	20.9%	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
1980s	18.9%	40.8%	22.0%	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
1990s	18.9%	34.9%	16.0%	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
2000s	22.4%	22.6%	0.2%	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher expenditure on tertiary education, Belgium or Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of?: Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of, at 22.6% against 22.3% in Belgium as of 2009.
What is the difference in expenditure on tertiary education between Belgium and Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of?: 0.3%, with Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of?: 10 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2009.
How do Belgium and Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of rank globally for expenditure on tertiary education?: Belgium ranks 62nd and Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of ranks 60th of 160 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as Expenditure on tertiary education (% of government expenditure on education). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Belgium vs Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of: Expenditure on tertiary education. Statizoid, drawing on Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Retrieved 14 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/expenditure-on-tertiary-education-percent-of-government-expenditure-on-education/belgium/venezuela-rb/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/expenditure-on-tertiary-education-percent-of-government-expenditure-on-education/belgium/venezuela-rb/">Belgium vs Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of: Expenditure on tertiary education</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Expenditure on tertiary education (% of government expenditure on education)
Unit: % of government expenditure on education
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 197 places, 3,723 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

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.