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Current education expenditure, primary (% of total expenditure in primary public institutions)

Definition: 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).

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

Year	Value
2015	92.90

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

Current education expenditure, tertiary (% of total expenditure in tertiary public institutions) in Canada was 90.00 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 94.44 in 1998, while its lowest value was 85.20 in 2011.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

Year	Value
1998	94.44
2006	92.47
2008	90.54
2009	88.37
2010	87.65
2011	85.20
2013	90.97
2014	91.40
2015	91.27
2016	92.80
2017	89.65
2018	90.00

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

Current education expenditure, total (% of total expenditure in public institutions) in Canada was 92.23 as of 2013. Its highest value over the past 15 years was 96.87 in 2002, while its lowest value was 89.55 in 2011.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

Year	Value
1998	96.08
1999	95.85
2000	96.40
2001	96.59
2002	96.87
2005	95.39
2006	93.78
2007	93.57
2008	92.45
2009	90.93
2010	90.29
2011	89.55
2013	92.23

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Inputs