Current expenditure as % of total expenditure in tertiary public institutions (%) by country
Current expenditure 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...
What the numbers show
Current expenditure as % of total expenditure in tertiary public institutions (%) is currently reported for 103 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Aruba; the lowest is 41.3% in Mongolia.
The median across all reporting countries is 92.5%, and the mean is 88.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 52 countries rose and 44 fell. The largest increase was in Cape Verde (up 64.4%), and the largest decrease in Mongolia (down 57.5%).
Current expenditure as % of total expenditure in tertiary public: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aruba | 100.0% | 2016 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 1 | Barbados | 100.0% | 2016 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 1 | Cambodia | 100.0% | 2014 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Lebanon | 100.0% | 2012 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 5 | Maldives | 100.0% | 2016 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 6 | Sierra Leone | 99.8% | 2014 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 7 | Kyrgyzstan | 99.8% | 2017 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 8 | Togo | 99.6% | 2017 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 9 | Jamaica | 99.5% | 2019 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 10 | Cuba | 99.2% | 2010 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 11 | El Salvador | 99.1% | 2018 | up 25.3% | flat |
| 12 | Andorra | 98.9% | 2019 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 13 | Armenia | 98.9% | 2017 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 14 | Ireland | 98.2% | 2017 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 15 | Singapore | 97.7% | 2018 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 16 | Kenya | 97.6% | 2015 | — | flat |
| 17 | Iceland | 97.6% | 2017 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 18 | India | 97.5% | 2005 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 19 | Kazakhstan | 97.5% | 2018 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 20 | Mali | 97.5% | 2017 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 21 | Brazil | 97.4% | 2017 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 22 | Burundi | 97.2% | 2013 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 23 | Guinea | 96.7% | 2019 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 24 | Denmark | 96.6% | 2017 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 25 | Chile | 96.4% | 2017 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 26 | Azerbaijan | 96.4% | 2018 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 27 | Sweden | 96.3% | 2017 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 28 | Mexico | 96.2% | 2017 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 29 | Serbia | 96.1% | 2018 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 30 | Thailand | 95.9% | 2014 | — | rising |
| 31 | Argentina | 95.4% | 2017 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 32 | East Timor | 95.4% | 2014 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 33 | South Africa | 95.3% | 2019 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 34 | Madagascar | 95.2% | 2017 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 35 | Paraguay | 95.1% | 2016 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 36 | Belgium | 95.1% | 2017 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 37 | Portugal | 94.8% | 2017 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 38 | Latvia | 94.3% | 2017 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 39 | Finland | 94.2% | 2017 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 40 | Belarus | 94.1% | 2017 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 41 | Ukraine | 94.0% | 2017 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 42 | Romania | 94.0% | 2017 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 43 | Bulgaria | 93.9% | 2017 | up 26.9% | flat |
| 44 | Niger | 93.7% | 2017 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 45 | Italy | 93.7% | 2017 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 46 | Uruguay | 93.7% | 2018 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 47 | Guyana | 93.1% | 2012 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 48 | Czechia | 93.0% | 2017 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 49 | Slovakia | 92.9% | 2017 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 50 | Luxembourg | 92.9% | 2017 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 51 | Slovenia | 92.5% | 2017 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 52 | Lithuania | 92.5% | 2017 | up 11.6% | falling |
| 53 | Moldova | 92.4% | 2018 | up 7.3% | flat |
| 54 | Malawi | 92.2% | 2016 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 55 | Honduras | 92.0% | 2018 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 56 | Germany | 91.5% | 2017 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 57 | Austria | 91.4% | 2017 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 58 | Croatia | 91.3% | 2017 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 59 | Uganda | 91.2% | 2014 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 60 | Estonia | 91.2% | 2017 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 61 | Poland | 90.9% | 2017 | up 6.9% | flat |
| 62 | United States | 90.3% | 2017 | — | flat |
| 63 | Senegal | 90.1% | 2016 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 64 | Russia | 90.1% | 2017 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 65 | Benin | 90.0% | 2015 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 66 | Japan | 89.9% | 2017 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 67 | Switzerland | 89.7% | 2016 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 68 | Canada | 89.6% | 2017 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 69 | Netherlands | 89.1% | 2017 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 70 | Cape Verde | 88.7% | 2016 | up 64.4% | rising |
| 71 | Iran | 88.7% | 2018 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 72 | Australia | 88.6% | 2017 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 73 | Guatemala | 88.2% | 2019 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 74 | Norway | 87.9% | 2017 | down 6.6% | flat |
| 75 | Spain | 87.7% | 2017 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 76 | Philippines | 87.5% | 2009 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 77 | Israel | 86.4% | 2017 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 78 | Gambia | 84.8% | 2012 | — | falling |
| 79 | Peru | 82.8% | 2019 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 80 | Nepal | 82.4% | 2015 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 81 | Cote d'Ivoire | 82.1% | 2018 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 82 | Hungary | 81.1% | 2017 | down 10.4% | flat |
| 83 | Bangladesh | 81.0% | 2019 | down 7.9% | flat |
| 84 | Malaysia | 80.3% | 2019 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 85 | Macao | 80.2% | 2018 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 86 | Malta | 80.0% | 2017 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 87 | Jordan | 79.2% | 2019 | — | falling |
| 88 | Turkey | 78.6% | 2006 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 89 | Indonesia | 77.8% | 2015 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 90 | Ghana | 77.3% | 2014 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 91 | Vietnam | 76.5% | 2013 | — | rising |
| 92 | Tunisia | 76.4% | 2010 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 93 | Cyprus | 74.4% | 2017 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 94 | Rwanda | 74.2% | 2018 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 95 | Afghanistan | 68.1% | 2015 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 96 | Cameroon | 63.2% | 2013 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 97 | Sri Lanka | 60.7% | 2018 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 98 | Laos | 60.2% | 2014 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 99 | Hong Kong | 60.2% | 2012 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 100 | Colombia | 57.3% | 2018 | down 42.7% | falling |
| 101 | Greece | 56.7% | 2017 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 102 | Ethiopia | 49.2% | 2015 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 103 | Mongolia | 41.3% | 2017 | down 57.5% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Europe & Central Asia 92.6%
- European Union 91.3%
- North America 91.3%
- Euro area 91.3%
- High income 91.0%
- OECD members 90.8%
- East Asia & Pacific 86.9%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 83.7%
- South Asia 68.1%
About this data
Current expenditure 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). Divide all current expenditure in public institutions of a given level of education (ex. primary, secondary, or all levels combined) by total expenditure (current and capital) in public institutions of the same level of education, and multiply by 100. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/