United States | Government expenditure on education, total (% of government expenditure)

General government expenditure on education (current, capital, and transfers) is expressed as a percentage of total general government expenditure on all sectors (including health, education, social services, etc.). It includes expenditure funded by transfers from international sources to government. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments. Development relevance: The share of government expenditure devoted to education allows an assessment of the priority a government assigns to education relative to other public investments, as well as a government's commitment to investing in human capital development. Countries with younger populations may spend more on education in relation to other sector such as health or social security, and vice-versa. Limitations and exceptions: Data on government expenditure on education may refer to spending by the ministry of education only (excluding spending on educational activities by other ministries). In addition, definitions and methods of data on total general government expenditure may differ across countries. Statistical concept and methodology: Expenditure on education, total (% of government expenditure) is calculated by dividing total government expenditure on education by the total government expenditure on all sectors 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. Data on total general government expenditure were previously collected from countries through the annual questionnaire, but are from the International Monetary Fund's World Economic Outlook database since January 2014. Therefore, current data cannot be compared with data in earlier editions. 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
United States of America
Records
63
Source
United States | Government expenditure on education, total (% of government expenditure)
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1970
1971
1972 17.48853111
1973 17.77884865
1974 17.63812637
1975 17.39173317
1976 17.35178566
1977 16.9860611
1978 16.53713417
1979 16.32645416
1980 15.55438328
1981 14.89594269
1982 14.27209949
1983 13.96642208
1984 14.06712055
1985 14.02423763
1986 14.21577454
1987 14.44088078
1988 14.85214615
1989 15.19739532
1990 15.21074295
1991 15.35812092
1992 15.10282803
1993 15.27487469
1994 15.55273533
1995 15.8898735
1996 16.1000061
1997 16.61201668
1998 17.13472939
1999 17.55502129
2000 17.98815536
2001 17.68960953
2002 17.3132019
2003 16.98161697
2004 16.96195602
2005 16.69881058
2006 16.80922508
2007 16.70581245
2008 16.22013283
2009 15.60106182
2010 15.56168556
2011 15.50748062
2012 15.59922123
2013 16.02462769
2014 16.00461388
2015 16.05246353
2016 15.97381687
2017 15.9008255
2018 15.7807312
2019 15.51713371
2020 12.65421581
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United States | Government expenditure on education, total (% of government expenditure)

General government expenditure on education (current, capital, and transfers) is expressed as a percentage of total general government expenditure on all sectors (including health, education, social services, etc.). It includes expenditure funded by transfers from international sources to government. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments. Development relevance: The share of government expenditure devoted to education allows an assessment of the priority a government assigns to education relative to other public investments, as well as a government's commitment to investing in human capital development. Countries with younger populations may spend more on education in relation to other sector such as health or social security, and vice-versa. Limitations and exceptions: Data on government expenditure on education may refer to spending by the ministry of education only (excluding spending on educational activities by other ministries). In addition, definitions and methods of data on total general government expenditure may differ across countries. Statistical concept and methodology: Expenditure on education, total (% of government expenditure) is calculated by dividing total government expenditure on education by the total government expenditure on all sectors 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. Data on total general government expenditure were previously collected from countries through the annual questionnaire, but are from the International Monetary Fund's World Economic Outlook database since January 2014. Therefore, current data cannot be compared with data in earlier editions. 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
United States of America
Records
63
Source