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Current education expenditure, tertiary (% of total expenditure in tertiary public institutions) by country

Current expenditure is expressed as a percentage of direct expenditure in public educational institutions (instructional and non-instructional) of the specified level of education. Financial aid to students and other transfers are excluded from direct expenditure. Current expenditure is consumed within the current...

Countries reporting
112
Highest
100.0%
Aruba
Lowest
41.2%
Jordan
Median
91.3%
Years covered
27
1998–2024
Data points
1,854

What the numbers show

Current education expenditure, tertiary (% of total expenditure in tertiary public institutions) is currently reported for 112 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Aruba; the lowest is 41.2% in Jordan.

The median across all reporting countries is 91.3%, and the mean is 88.0%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 60 countries rose and 46 fell. The largest increase was in Oman (up 64.2%), and the largest decrease in Mongolia (down 57.5%).

Current education expenditure, tertiary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Aruba 100.0% 2016 up 0.9% flat
1 Jamaica 100.0% 2024 up 1.9% rising
1 Kazakhstan 100.0% 2019 up 11.9% rising
1 Cambodia 100.0% 2014 unchanged flat
1 Lebanon 100.0% 2012 up 0.4% flat
1 Seychelles 100.0% 2016 — rising
7 South Africa 100.0% 2024 down 0.0% flat
8 Maldives 100.0% 2016 up 0.3% flat
9 Togo 99.6% 2017 up 2.0% falling
10 Guatemala 99.5% 2024 up 4.1% flat
11 El Salvador 99.3% 2024 up 0.6% flat
12 Cuba 99.2% 2010 up 15.9% rising
13 Singapore 99.1% 2023 up 6.6% rising
14 Argentina 98.7% 2023 up 1.7% flat
15 Guinea 98.6% 2020 up 30.4% falling
16 South Sudan 98.6% 2024 up 9.3% flat
17 Barbados 98.6% 2023 up 0.2% flat
18 Luxembourg 98.2% 2022 up 13.4% rising
19 Kyrgyzstan 98.0% 2021 up 4.5% rising
20 San Marino 97.9% 2023 down 0.3% flat
21 Kenya 97.6% 2015 — flat
22 Iceland 97.6% 2022 up 3.4% rising
23 India 97.5% 2005 down 0.9% flat
24 Mexico 97.4% 2022 up 4.6% flat
25 Ireland 97.4% 2021 up 4.7% rising
26 Burundi 97.2% 2013 up 3.4% rising
27 Finland 97.0% 2022 up 0.4% flat
28 Serbia 96.8% 2023 up 0.4% flat
29 Andorra 96.8% 2023 down 1.9% flat
30 Brazil 96.8% 2022 up 6.8% flat
31 Niger 96.7% 2018 up 1.2% flat
32 Sweden 96.5% 2022 down 0.2% flat
33 Armenia 96.1% 2023 down 3.4% flat
34 Thailand 95.9% 2014 — rising
35 Denmark 95.5% 2022 up 3.6% flat
36 East Timor 95.4% 2014 up 19.2% rising
37 Ukraine 95.4% 2021 down 0.7% flat
38 Madagascar 95.2% 2017 up 6.5% rising
39 Belgium 95.0% 2022 down 2.1% flat
40 Costa Rica 94.7% 2023 down 5.3% falling
41 Bolivia 94.5% 2024 up 17.0% rising
42 Cape Verde 94.4% 2019 up 26.2% rising
43 Portugal 94.1% 2022 up 2.2% rising
44 Estonia 94.1% 2022 up 2.4% falling
45 Paraguay 93.8% 2024 up 2.1% flat
46 Guyana 93.1% 2012 up 12.7% rising
47 Cyprus 93.1% 2022 up 4.4% rising
48 Hungary 93.0% 2022 up 0.3% flat
49 Uruguay 92.9% 2023 down 0.3% flat
50 Belarus 92.3% 2024 up 0.5% flat
51 Malawi 92.2% 2016 down 5.9% flat
52 Chile 92.1% 2022 down 2.1% flat
53 United States 91.7% 2021 up 1.8% flat
54 Iran 91.7% 2022 down 3.9% rising
55 Romania 91.4% 2022 up 2.5% rising
56 Canada 91.3% 2022 up 7.2% flat
57 Bulgaria 91.3% 2022 down 0.1% flat
58 Uganda 91.2% 2014 up 20.9% rising
59 Germany 90.8% 2022 up 1.2% flat
60 Italy 90.8% 2022 down 0.0% rising
61 France 90.4% 2022 down 1.5% flat
62 Austria 90.4% 2022 down 3.4% falling
63 Norway 90.3% 2022 down 4.0% flat
64 Mali 90.2% 2021 up 10.2% rising
65 Benin 90.0% 2015 up 31.2% rising
66 Honduras 90.0% 2019 up 0.1% rising
67 Russia 90.0% 2018 up 5.4% rising
68 Ecuador 89.7% 2024 down 1.7% flat
69 Switzerland 89.7% 2016 down 1.8% flat
70 Croatia 89.2% 2021 down 1.1% falling
71 Slovakia 89.0% 2022 up 9.6% flat
72 Moldova 88.9% 2023 down 1.9% flat
73 Slovenia 88.9% 2022 down 0.0% flat
74 Lithuania 88.5% 2022 up 17.5% flat
75 Netherlands 88.1% 2022 down 1.0% flat
76 New Zealand 87.9% 2023 up 2.5% flat
77 Poland 87.8% 2022 up 9.7% flat
78 Philippines 87.5% 2009 up 1.0% flat
79 Latvia 87.4% 2022 up 9.6% falling
80 South Korea 87.3% 2022 up 0.3% rising
81 Japan 87.3% 2021 down 0.8% rising
82 Turkey 86.8% 2022 up 15.0% rising
83 Spain 85.9% 2022 up 1.8% rising
84 Czechia 85.7% 2022 down 5.1% flat
85 Gambia 84.8% 2012 — falling
86 Azerbaijan 83.7% 2023 down 16.1% falling
87 Israel 82.6% 2022 down 0.6% falling
88 Nepal 82.4% 2015 up 0.0% flat
89 Malaysia 82.2% 2021 up 7.3% rising
90 Bangladesh 81.2% 2020 down 6.8% flat
91 Sierra Leone 80.6% 2022 down 19.4% falling
92 Cote d'Ivoire 79.8% 2024 down 13.7% falling
93 Rwanda 79.0% 2024 down 3.9% falling
94 Macao 77.8% 2023 up 16.0% rising
95 Indonesia 77.8% 2015 down 11.7% falling
96 Ghana 77.3% 2014 down 13.8% falling
97 Vietnam 76.5% 2013 — rising
98 Tunisia 76.4% 2010 up 3.1% rising
99 Malta 75.7% 2022 down 21.3% falling
100 Peru 74.8% 2024 down 7.2% falling
101 Albania 73.4% 2023 down 13.9% falling
102 Afghanistan 68.1% 2015 down 13.8% falling
103 Cameroon 63.2% 2013 down 17.3% falling
104 Sri Lanka 60.7% 2018 down 4.6% flat
105 Laos 60.2% 2014 up 14.5% rising
106 Hong Kong 60.2% 2012 down 37.3% falling
107 Oman 60.2% 2024 up 64.2% falling
108 Senegal 59.9% 2022 down 34.5% falling
109 Greece 55.7% 2022 down 4.4% falling
110 Ethiopia 43.8% 2014 down 6.2% flat
111 Mongolia 41.3% 2017 down 57.5% falling
112 Jordan 41.2% 2024 down 39.5% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Current education expenditure, tertiary (% of total expenditure in tertiary public institutions)
Unit
% of total expenditure in tertiary public institutions
Source
Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
130 places, 1,854 data points, 1998–2024
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Current expenditure is expressed as a percentage of direct expenditure in public educational institutions (instructional and non-instructional) of the specified level of education. Financial aid to students and other transfers are excluded from direct expenditure. Current expenditure is consumed within the current year and would have to be renewed if needed in the following year. It includes staff compensation and current expenditure other than for staff compensation (ex. on teaching materials, ancillary services and administration).