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Government expenditure per student, primary (% of GDP per capita)

Government expenditure per student, primary (% of GDP per capita) in Malaysia was 16.14 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 19.21 in 2002, while its lowest value was 10.12 in 2006.

Definition: Government expenditure per student is the average general government expenditure (current, capital, and transfers) per student in the given level of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP per capita.

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

Year	Value
2000	12.44
2001	16.26
2002	19.21
2003	17.75
2004	13.97
2006	10.12
2007	10.82
2008	13.06
2009	14.20
2010	12.38
2011	14.93
2012	17.28
2013	16.00
2014	15.80
2015	16.08
2016	16.13
2017	16.14

Government expenditure per student, secondary (% of GDP per capita)

Government expenditure per student, secondary (% of GDP per capita) in Malaysia was 22.81 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 21 years was 27.01 in 2002, while its lowest value was 12.00 in 2008.

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

Year	Value
1997	16.60
2000	21.67
2001	26.38
2002	27.01
2003	25.11
2004	20.27
2006	13.81
2007	13.77
2008	12.00
2009	21.35
2010	18.06
2011	19.20
2012	20.85
2013	20.06
2016	21.15
2017	22.59
2018	22.81

Government expenditure per student, tertiary (% of GDP per capita)

Government expenditure per student, tertiary (% of GDP per capita) in Malaysia was 23.75 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 18 years was 109.09 in 2001, while its lowest value was 23.75 in 2018.

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

Year	Value
2000	80.86
2001	109.09
2002	97.63
2003	89.32
2004	68.27
2006	57.60
2007	47.93
2009	59.52
2010	45.47
2011	58.90
2012	44.11
2013	44.13
2016	25.90
2017	24.79
2018	23.75

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Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Inputs