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

Expenditure on secondary education (% of government expenditure on education) in Iran was 34.40 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 49.41 in 2009, while its lowest value was 21.43 in 1977.

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 24.50
1972 29.60
1973 31.66
1974 33.56
1975 29.27
1977 21.43
1981 39.13
1982 38.27
1983 44.79
1984 34.85
1985 38.64
1986 40.38
1987 40.22
1988 40.19
1989 40.54
1990 40.73
1991 42.88
1992 42.25
1993 43.91
1995 36.98
1996 35.55
2001 34.82
2002 36.33
2003 36.01
2004 35.88
2005 34.62
2006 46.85
2007 48.16
2008 48.89
2009 49.41
2010 49.18
2011 39.28
2012 41.43
2013 45.30
2014 39.67
2015 37.89
2016 36.53
2017 33.04
2018 34.40

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