Yemen - Public spending on education

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

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
2000 30.49
2001 30.32
2008 12.49

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
2000 9.65
2001 9.24
2008 5.15

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Inputs