Hong Kong SAR, China - Expenditure on secondary education (% of government expenditure on education)

Expenditure on secondary education (% of government expenditure on education) in Hong Kong SAR, China was 31.32 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 50.38 in 1982, while its lowest value was 22.88 in 1972.

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
1971 23.06
1972 22.88
1973 25.36
1974 27.39
1975 29.22
1976 29.71
1977 29.49
1978 29.62
1980 32.52
1981 35.96
1982 50.38
1983 37.59
1984 38.88
1985 40.34
1990 40.01
1992 37.36
1996 34.99
2002 31.85
2003 32.15
2004 32.49
2005 33.82
2006 33.15
2007 34.02
2008 34.05
2009 26.88
2010 35.54
2011 35.15
2012 33.58
2013 30.49
2014 31.31
2015 33.91
2016 33.05
2017 32.66
2018 31.32

Development Relevance: The share of government expenditure for a specific education level allows an assessment of the priority a government assigns to a level of education relative to other levels. Enrolment and the relative costs per student between different levels of education should be also taken into account.

Limitations and Exceptions: Data disaggregated by level of education are estimates in some instances. It is often difficult to separate lower from upper secondary education expenditure, or pre-primary from primary.

Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The share of expenditure on secondary education to total government expenditure on education is calculated by dividing government expenditure on secondary education by total government expenditure on education (all levels combined), 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. 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).

Aggregation method: Median

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Inputs