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China: Expenditure on primary education

32.60percent · 1999+11.0% since 1985

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. Annual figures for China from 1980 to 1999.

19801999

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
199932.597
199836.064
199640.399
199530.103
199438.996
199334.778
199234.293
198832.59
198730.748
198629.414
198529.378
198429.979
198330.868
198231.431
198130.273
198029.575

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

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