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Australia: Expenditure on tertiary education

26.82percent · 2016+22.0% since 2006

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. Annual figures for Australia from 1978 to 2016.

19782016

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201626.825
201528.855
201426.539
201325.948
201223.679
201123.202
201022.277
200922.113
200822.459
200722.502
200621.98
200522.195
200023.42
199629.616
199527.587
199428.868
199326.583
199231.873
199132.648
199033.421
198932.642
198833.469
198731.643
198632.294
198531.576
198331.673
198221.698
198023.177
197924.034
197824.753

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Expenditure on tertiary education. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-expenditure-on-tertiary-education (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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