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

Expenditure on primary education (% of government expenditure on education) in Hungary was 16.22 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 45.70 in 1982, while its lowest value was 12.53 in 2014.

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
1970 37.70
1971 35.69
1972 37.23
1973 36.89
1974 36.67
1975 37.11
1976 37.85
1977 37.98
1978 40.02
1979 40.89
1980 42.37
1981 42.85
1982 45.70
1983 43.64
1984 43.27
1985 41.85
1986 40.28
1987 40.18
1988 43.47
1989 44.04
1990 43.00
1992 42.32
1993 42.23
1994 41.88
1995 20.61
1996 20.78
1998 19.71
1999 18.93
2000 19.08
2001 19.07
2002 18.11
2003 16.91
2004 18.98
2005 20.09
2006 19.50
2007 19.06
2008 16.90
2009 16.88
2010 17.84
2011 16.15
2012 17.43
2013 20.53
2014 12.53
2015 16.40
2016 16.22

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 primary education to total government expenditure on education is calculated by dividing government expenditure on primary 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