Australia | Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP)

General government expenditure on education (current, capital, and transfers) is expressed as a percentage of GDP. It includes expenditure funded by transfers from international sources to government. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments. Development relevance: The percentage of government expenditure on education to GDP is useful to compare education expenditure between countries and/or over time in relation to the size of their economy; A high percentage to GDP suggests a high priority for education and a capacity of raising revenues for public spending. Note that government expenditure appears lower in some countries where the private sector and/or households have a large share in total funding for education. Limitations and exceptions: Data may refer to spending by the ministry of education only (excluding spending on educational activities by other ministries). Statistical concept and methodology: Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) is calculated by dividing total government expenditure for all levels of education by the GDP, and multiplying by 100. Aggregate data are based on World Bank estimates. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. GDP data come from the World Bank. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Commonwealth of Australia
Records
63
Source
Australia | Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP)
1960
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1962
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1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978 6.00079012
1979 5.88913012
1980 5.6462698
1981
1982 5.47202015
1983 5.36462021
1984
1985 5.39768982
1986 5.26897001
1987 5.05784988
1988 4.90720987
1989 4.7391901
1990 4.66683006
1991 4.78467989
1992 4.68267012
1993 5.50545979
1994 5.24475002
1995 5.13100004
1996 5.22780991
1997
1998
1999
2000 4.88407993
2001 5.22613859
2002 5.30785513
2003 5.24635744
2004 5.19459438
2005 4.89673996
2006 4.73843002
2007 4.65364981
2008 4.63051987
2009 5.08131981
2010 5.53811979
2011 5.06814003
2012 4.86667013
2013 5.22909021
2014 5.16454983
2015 5.31551981
2016 5.28689003
2017 5.13822985
2018 5.12431002
2019 5.13429022
2020 5.60844994
2021 5.55604839
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Australia | Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP)

General government expenditure on education (current, capital, and transfers) is expressed as a percentage of GDP. It includes expenditure funded by transfers from international sources to government. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments. Development relevance: The percentage of government expenditure on education to GDP is useful to compare education expenditure between countries and/or over time in relation to the size of their economy; A high percentage to GDP suggests a high priority for education and a capacity of raising revenues for public spending. Note that government expenditure appears lower in some countries where the private sector and/or households have a large share in total funding for education. Limitations and exceptions: Data may refer to spending by the ministry of education only (excluding spending on educational activities by other ministries). Statistical concept and methodology: Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) is calculated by dividing total government expenditure for all levels of education by the GDP, and multiplying by 100. Aggregate data are based on World Bank estimates. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. GDP data come from the World Bank. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Commonwealth of Australia
Records
63
Source