Capital expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in post-secondary non-tertiary public institutions (%) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
68
Highest
57.7%
Monaco
Lowest
0.0%
Andorra
Median
4.7%
Years covered
27
1998–2024
Data points
842

What the numbers show

Capital expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in post-secondary non-tertiary public institutions (%) is currently reported for 68 countries. The highest value is 57.7% in Monaco; the lowest is 0.0% in Andorra.

The median across all reporting countries is 4.7%, and the mean is 10.3%.

Over the past decade 18 countries rose and 39 fell. The largest increase was in South Sudan (up 2,809.5%), and the largest decrease in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (down 100.0%).

Capital expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Monaco 57.7% 2024 volatile
2 Rwanda 47.3% 2022 up 765.6% volatile
3 Lao People's Democratic Republic 44.0% 2014 down 35.9% falling
4 Sri Lanka 40.8% 2019 down 0.8% falling
5 Sierra Leone 40.0% 2022 up 2,426.5% volatile
6 Afghanistan 36.6% 2017 down 23.1% flat
7 Azerbaijan 35.1% 2023 up 188.1% volatile
8 Ethiopia 33.7% 2014 down 21.5% rising
9 Kenya 30.1% 2015 volatile
10 Bangladesh 27.3% 2020 down 37.8% volatile
11 Madagascar 21.7% 2013 up 369.7% rising
12 South Sudan 17.4% 2024 up 2,809.5% volatile
13 Hong Kong, China 16.4% 2012 up 235.3% volatile
14 Malta 16.0% 2022 up 742.8% volatile
15 Latvia 15.8% 2022 up 31.9% volatile
16 Italy 14.8% 2015 down 22.9% falling
17 Lithuania 14.3% 2022 down 41.3% volatile
18 Norway 12.3% 2022 down 9.9% rising
19 New Zealand 12.1% 2023 down 14.9% falling
20 Netherlands 11.2% 2015 down 10.2% falling
21 Czechia 10.8% 2022 up 52.1% rising
22 France 10.7% 2022 up 27.3% falling
23 Iran, Islamic Republic of 10.5% 2022 up 329.0% volatile
24 Eritrea 10.5% 2005 down 61.3% falling
25 Poland 10.4% 2022 up 359.9% volatile
26 Mongolia 9.2% 2017 down 42.8% volatile
27 Slovakia 8.8% 2022 up 227.7% rising
28 United States of America 8.6% 2021 down 17.0% flat
29 Philippines 8.6% 2009 up 26.3% volatile
30 Switzerland 7.7% 2007 down 16.4% falling
31 Germany 7.3% 2022 up 42.5% falling
32 Hungary 7.3% 2022 up 80.4% falling
33 Estonia 5.7% 2022 volatile
34 Sweden 4.8% 2022 down 43.7% falling
35 Bulgaria 4.6% 2022 down 27.6% falling
36 Republic of Moldova 4.6% 2023 down 28.2% volatile
37 Niger 3.7% 2018 volatile
38 Ireland 3.7% 2021 down 1.7% volatile
39 Ukraine 2.3% 2021 up 166.0% volatile
40 Guyana 2.3% 2012 volatile
41 Seychelles 2.0% 2016 down 88.7% volatile
42 Iceland 1.8% 2022 down 51.6% volatile
43 Austria 1.4% 2022 down 50.6% volatile
44 Guinea 1.4% 2020 volatile
45 Romania 1.4% 2022 down 28.1% volatile
46 Kyrgyzstan 1.3% 2021 down 55.5% volatile
47 Belarus 1.1% 2023 down 85.5% falling
48 Jamaica 1.0% 2024 down 27.5% volatile
49 Peru 0.9% 2011 down 54.3% volatile
50 Singapore 0.6% 2023 down 96.1% volatile
51 Togo 0.5% 2016 volatile
52 Maldives 0.5% 2016 volatile
53 Guatemala 0.3% 2024 up 105.7% volatile
54 Senegal 0.2% 2022 down 36.9% volatile
55 Mali 0.2% 2021 volatile
56 Greece 0.0% 2022 down 97.4% volatile
57 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
57 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0% 2005 down 100.0% volatile
57 South Africa 0.0% 2024 volatile
57 Malaysia 0.0% 2013 down 100.0% volatile
57 Malawi 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% volatile
57 Saint Lucia 0.0% 2023 volatile
57 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
57 Ghana 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
57 Cuba 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
57 Cape Verde 0.0% 2009 down 100.0% volatile
57 Barbados 0.0% 2014 down 100.0% volatile
57 Andorra 0.0% 2015 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Capital expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in post-secondary non-tertiary public institutions (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
73 places, 842 data points, 1998–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release