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Ireland: Current education expenditure, secondary

90.28percent · 2021-3.0% since 2010

Current expenditure is expressed as a percentage of direct expenditure in public educational institutions (instructional and non-instructional) of the specified level of education. Financial aid to students and other transfers are excluded from direct expenditure. Current expenditure is consumed within the current year and would have to be renewed if needed in the following year. It includes staff compensation and current expenditure other than for staff compensation (ex. on teaching materials, ancillary services and administration). Annual figures for Ireland from 1998 to 2021.

19982021

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202190.284
202092.016
201993.197
201893.782
201794.571
201690.82
201593.419
201495.278
201295.642
201194.533
201093.033
200994.061
200895.411
200792.027
200691.261
200590.753
200492.658
200392.02
200290.722
200189.494
200089.7
199991.375
199894.153

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

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World Bank (2026). Current education expenditure, secondary. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-current-education-expenditure-secondary (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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