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Canada: Expenditure on tertiary education

35.60percent · 2011+26.5% since 1991

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 Canada from 1971 to 2011.

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Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201135.599
201035.389
200936.069
200834.444
200736.812
199831.001
199535.268
199434.576
199327.781
199230.75
199128.132
199031.813
198931.698
198830.841
198730.892
198631.023
198530.521
198430.931
198330.064
198229.378
198129.903
198029.793
197930.578
197829.073
197729.611
197631.438
197531.431
197430.717
197331.129
197231.367
197131.362

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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