World Bank · Education
Government expenditure per student, primary
Government expenditure per student is the average general government expenditure (current, capital, and transfers) per student in the given level of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP per capita.
- Coverage
- 172 of 238 countries
- Latest data
- 2018
- Series
- 172
- Unit
- percent
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Retrieved
- 2026-11-07
- Indicator
- government-expenditure-per-student-primary
- Interva ID
- worldbank-government-expenditure-per-student-primary
Recency
stale
data to 2018; catalog to 2025
Provenance
2 steps
as the publisher declares it
Versions
1
catalog snapshots
Citation
BibTeX + CSL
versioned permalink
Quality profile
This profile describes what Interva can measure in the data. It does not claim the dataset is accurate, complete, or suitable for a particular use.
Recency
0%Latest observation is 2018; the catalog broadly reports to 2025, so this data is 7 year(s) behind (stale).
Method: Compares the dataset's latest non-projected period with the year most datasets in the catalog end in. Up to 2 years behind is current — annual data is routinely published a year or two late — and more than 5 is stale. Measured from the data, not from when Interva last crawled it.
Temporal completeness
82%116 of 172 series skip at least one year inside their own span; the median series reports 82% of its years.
Method: Per series, years present divided by years from its first to its last observation; the median across series is reported. Annual periods are assumed, which holds for every series in the catalog today.
Geographic coverage
MeasuredCovers 172 of the 238 countries in the catalog.
Method: Counts distinct geographies with at least one observation. Not scored: a regional dataset covering its region completely is not deficient for omitting the rest of the world.
History depth
MeasuredThe median series has 9 observations; the earliest begins in 1995.
Method: Counts non-projected observations per series. Not scored: a long history is useful for trend work and irrelevant for a cross-section.
Revisions
MeasuredNo observation has been restated in any vintage Interva has recorded.
Method: Counts values the publisher changed between Interva's publishes. Not scored: revising estimates is ordinary and often a sign of care, and the count is here so a reader citing a figure knows whether it moves.
Schema conformity
Not assessedNo declared schema or validation rules are attached to this dataset yet.
Validity
Not assessedNo field-level validation rules are attached to this dataset yet.
Consistency
Not assessedCross-series consistency rules are not defined yet. The obvious first one — whether two publishers measuring one concept agree within a stated tolerance — is a candidate.
2 scored from the data, 3 described without a score, 3 not assessed. Pipeline integrity: all 5 checks pass. Assessed 2026-11-07.
By country
Government expenditure per student, primary for each of the 172 countries it covers, with the full history.
- Afghanistan 2010–2017
- Albania 2015–2017
- Algeria 1999–2003
- Andorra 2002–2018
- Antigua and Barbuda 2009–2009
- Argentina 1998–2017
- Armenia 2012–2017
- Aruba 1999–2014
- Australia 1995–2016
- Austria 1998–2016
- Bahrain 2013–2015
- Bangladesh 2006–2009
- Barbados 1999–2016
- Belgium 2013–2016
- Belize 1999–2017
- Benin 2000–2015
- Bermuda 2004–2015
- Bhutan 2004–2014
- Botswana 2005–2009
- Brazil 1999–2015
- Brunei Darussalam 2010–2016
- Bulgaria 1998–2013
- Burkina Faso 2005–2015
- Burundi 1999–2013
- Cabo Verde 2002–2017
- Cambodia 1998–2014
- Cameroon 2005–2012
- Canada 2015–2015
- Cayman Islands 2005–2006
- Central African Republic 2006–2010
- Chad 1997–2012
- Chile 1997–2017
- China 1998–1998
- Colombia 1998–2018
- Comoros 1998–2014
- Congo 2002–2010
- Congo, The Democratic Republic of the 2010–2013
- Costa Rica 1999–2018
- Côte d'Ivoire 1997–2018
- Cuba 1998–2010
- Curaçao 2013–2013
- Cyprus 1999–2016
- Czechia 1998–2016
- Denmark 1998–2014
- Djibouti 1998–2016
- Dominica 2007–2015
- Dominican Republic 2002–2018
- Ecuador 1999–2016
- Egypt 2017–2017
- El Salvador 1998–2018
- Eritrea 2001–2004
- Estonia 1997–2016
- Eswatini 1999–2014
- Ethiopia 1997–2015
- Fiji 2004–2013
- Finland 1999–2016
- France 1999–2016
- Gabon 2011–2011
- Gambia 2001–2015
- Georgia 2008–2012
- Germany 1998–2016
- Ghana 2001–2014
- Greece 2015–2016
- Grenada 2003–2017
- Guatemala 2000–2018
- Guinea 2008–2016
- Guinea-Bissau 2010–2010
- Guyana 2003–2012
- Honduras 2010–2013
- Hong Kong 2001–2018
- Hungary 1998–2016
- Iceland 1999–2016
- India 1999–2013
- Indonesia 2007–2015
- Iran, Islamic Republic of 2001–2017
- Ireland 1998–2016
- Israel 1999–2016
- Italy 1998–2016
- Jamaica 2003–2018
- Japan 2013–2016
- Jordan 1998–2018
- Kazakhstan 2017–2018
- Kenya 2000–2015
- Kiribati 1999–2001
- Korea, Republic of 1998–2016
- Kuwait 1997–2014
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 1997–2014
- Latvia 1998–2016
- Lesotho 1997–2018
- Liberia 2015–2016
- Liechtenstein 2003–2011
- Lithuania 2003–2016
- Luxembourg 2008–2015
- Macao 2000–2003
- Madagascar 1998–2012
- Malawi 1999–2016
- Malaysia 2000–2017
- Maldives 2003–2016
- Mali 1998–2017
- Malta 1998–2015
- Marshall Islands 2002–2002
- Mauritania 1997–2016
- Mauritius 2001–2018
- Mexico 1998–2016
- Moldova, Republic of 2007–2018
- Monaco 1997–2016
- Mongolia 2004–2017
- Morocco 1998–2013
- Mozambique 2006–2013
- Myanmar 2017–2018
- Namibia 1999–2010
- Nepal 1999–2015
- Netherlands 1998–2016
- New Zealand 1997–2016
- Nicaragua 2004–2010
- Niger 2003–2017
- Norway 1997–2016
- Oman 1997–2016
- Pakistan 2013–2015
- Panama 1999–2011
- Paraguay 2000–2016
- Peru 1998–2018
- Philippines 1997–2008
- Poland 2002–2016
- Portugal 1999–2015
- Puerto Rico 2013–2014
- Qatar 2009–2009
- Romania 2003–2016
- Rwanda 2000–2018
- Saint Kitts and Nevis 1998–2015
- Saint Lucia 1999–2018
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1998–2018
- Samoa 1999–2016
- San Marino 2010–2011
- Sao Tome and Principe 2012–2014
- Saudi Arabia 2007–2007
- Senegal 1998–2018
- Serbia 2007–2015
- Seychelles 1998–2016
- Sierra Leone 2011–2018
- Singapore 2008–2017
- Slovakia 1997–2016
- Slovenia 2001–2016
- South Africa 1999–2018
- South Sudan 2011–2016
- Spain 1998–2016
- Sri Lanka 2009–2018
- Sweden 1998–2016
- Switzerland 1998–2016
- Syrian Arab Republic 1997–2012
- Tanzania, United Republic of 2004–2014
- Thailand 1997–2013
- Timor-Leste 2011–2014
- Togo 1998–2016
- Tonga 1998–2004
- Trinidad and Tobago 2000–2009
- Tunisia 1997–2008
- Türkiye 2012–2016
- Turks and Caicos Islands 2000–2018
- Uganda 2004–2014
- Ukraine 1997–2017
- United Arab Emirates 1998–1998
- United Kingdom 1998–2016
- United States 2010–2016
- Uruguay 1999–2017
- Vanuatu 1998–2015
- Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 2006–2015
- Viet Nam 2008–2013
- Virgin Islands, British 2001–2017
- Yemen 2011–2011
- Zambia 2000–2017
- Zimbabwe 2012–2013
Latest observations
| Country | Period | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andorra | 2018 | 12.31 | percent |
| Colombia | 2018 | 16.99 | percent |
| Costa Rica | 2018 | 20.83 | percent |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 2018 | 13.28 | percent |
| Dominican Republic | 2018 | 16.19 | percent |
| El Salvador | 2018 | 16.10 | percent |
| Guatemala | 2018 | 11.88 | percent |
| Hong Kong | 2018 | 14.83 | percent |
| Jamaica | 2018 | 21.68 | percent |
| Jordan | 2018 | 13.31 | percent |
Provenance
Who produced these figures, as World Bank declares it — not inferred, and each line says which published field it was read from.
Produced by
UNESCO
Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization
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World Bank
World Development Indicators
declared by worldbank in source
Versions
A vintage is a dated publish of the catalog. The current entry is a catalog snapshot; checksums are not recorded yet and are shown as such.
- CurrentCurrent catalog snapshotchecksum not recorded
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Citation
Version: catalog snapshot 2026-11-07. The record labels this as a catalog snapshot because immutable dataset releases are not stored yet.
World Bank (2026). Government expenditure per student, primary. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-government-expenditure-per-student-primary (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.
@misc{interva-worldbank-government-expenditure-per-student-primary,
title = {Government expenditure per student, primary},
author = {World Bank},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-government-expenditure-per-student-primary}},
note = {Interva dataset worldbank-government-expenditure-per-student-primary; catalog snapshot 2026-11-07},
urldate = {2026-11-07}
}DOI: not assigned (not assigned). The permalink is versioned by catalog snapshot; a stable dataset DOI is a later step.
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