South Sudan - Public spending on education

Expenditure on primary education (% of government expenditure on education)

Expenditure on primary education (% of government expenditure on education) in South Sudan was 48.58 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 6 years was 62.56 in 2011, while its lowest value was 36.36 in 2016.

Definition: Expenditure on primary education is expressed as a percentage of total general government expenditure on education. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments.

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

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Year Value
2011 62.56
2013 62.43
2014 57.54
2015 53.77
2016 36.36
2017 48.58

Expenditure on secondary education (% of government expenditure on education)

Expenditure on secondary education (% of government expenditure on education) in South Sudan was 18.50 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 6 years was 18.50 in 2017, while its lowest value was 10.65 in 2013.

Definition: Expenditure on secondary education is expressed as a percentage of total general government expenditure on education. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments.

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

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Year Value
2011 11.81
2013 10.65
2014 16.60
2015 17.99
2016 12.23
2017 18.50

Expenditure on tertiary education (% of government expenditure on education)

Expenditure on tertiary education (% of government expenditure on education) in South Sudan was 31.46 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 6 years was 50.44 in 2016, while its lowest value was 23.14 in 2013.

Definition: Expenditure on tertiary education is expressed as a percentage of total general government expenditure on education. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments.

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

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Year Value
2011 25.34
2013 23.14
2014 24.68
2015 27.61
2016 50.44
2017 31.46

Government expenditure on education, total (% of government expenditure)

Government expenditure on education, total (% of government expenditure) in South Sudan was 0.87 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 7 years was 4.13 in 2014, while its lowest value was 0.83 in 2016.

Definition: 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.

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

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Year Value
2011 3.95
2013 3.23
2014 4.13
2015 3.28
2016 0.83
2017 1.07
2018 0.87

Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP)

Definition: 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.

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

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Year Value
2011 0.96
2013 1.02
2014 1.23
2015 1.47
2016 1.54

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Inputs