World Bank · Education
Government expenditure per student, tertiary
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
- 168 of 238 countries
- Latest data
- 2018
- Series
- 168
- Unit
- percent
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Retrieved
- 2026-11-07
- Indicator
- government-expenditure-per-student-tertiary
- Interva ID
- worldbank-government-expenditure-per-student-tertiary
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
83%116 of 168 series skip at least one year inside their own span; the median series reports 83% 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 168 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 1970.
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, tertiary for each of the 168 countries it covers, with the full history.
- Afghanistan 2011–2014
- Albania 2013–2017
- Andorra 2002–2018
- Angola 2005–2006
- Antigua and Barbuda 2009–2009
- Argentina 1998–2017
- Armenia 2008–2017
- Aruba 1999–2016
- Australia 1995–2016
- Austria 1998–2016
- Azerbaijan 2006–2017
- Bahrain 2013–2013
- Bangladesh 1999–2016
- Barbados 1999–2010
- Belarus 2004–2017
- Belgium 2005–2016
- Belize 2004–2017
- Benin 2000–2015
- Bermuda 2010–2017
- Bhutan 2009–2014
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 2016–2016
- Botswana 2005–2009
- Brazil 1998–2015
- Brunei Darussalam 2010–2016
- Bulgaria 1998–2013
- Burkina Faso 2005–2016
- Burundi 1999–2013
- Cabo Verde 2002–2017
- Cambodia 2009–2011
- Cameroon 2004–2013
- Canada 1998–2016
- Central African Republic 2006–2011
- Chad 1997–2011
- Chile 1997–2017
- China 1998–1999
- Colombia 1998–2018
- Comoros 2011–2014
- Congo 2002–2013
- Congo, The Democratic Republic of the 2013–2013
- Costa Rica 2004–2018
- Côte d'Ivoire 1997–2017
- Croatia 1999–2013
- Cuba 1998–2007
- Curaçao 2013–2013
- Cyprus 1999–2016
- Czechia 1998–2016
- Denmark 1998–2014
- Djibouti 1970–2010
- Ecuador 2012–2015
- El Salvador 1998–2018
- Eritrea 2001–2004
- Estonia 1997–2016
- Eswatini 2000–2014
- Ethiopia 1997–2014
- Fiji 2004–2004
- Finland 1999–2016
- France 1999–2016
- Gabon 1992–1992
- Gambia 2004–2012
- Georgia 2008–2017
- Germany 2012–2016
- Ghana 2005–2014
- Greece 1998–2015
- Grenada 2017–2017
- Guatemala 2007–2015
- Guinea 2004–2014
- Guyana 2004–2012
- Honduras 2010–2015
- Hong Kong 2004–2018
- Hungary 1998–2016
- Iceland 1999–2016
- India 2000–2013
- Indonesia 1997–2015
- Iran, Islamic Republic of 2001–2017
- Ireland 1998–2016
- Israel 1998–2016
- Italy 1998–2016
- Jamaica 2001–2015
- Japan 2013–2016
- Jordan 1997–2018
- Kazakhstan 2006–2018
- Kenya 2000–2015
- Korea, Republic of 1998–2016
- Kuwait 1997–2004
- Kyrgyzstan 1998–2017
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 1997–2014
- Latvia 1997–2016
- Lebanon 2002–2013
- Lesotho 1997–2018
- Liberia 2012–2012
- Libya 1999–1999
- Liechtenstein 2003–2007
- Lithuania 1997–2016
- Luxembourg 2012–2015
- Macao 1999–2017
- Madagascar 1997–2016
- Malawi 1999–2011
- Malaysia 2000–2018
- Maldives 2014–2014
- Mali 1998–2017
- Malta 1998–2015
- Marshall Islands 2002–2002
- Mauritania 1997–2016
- Mauritius 2001–2017
- Mexico 1998–2016
- Moldova, Republic of 2006–2018
- Mongolia 1997–2017
- Morocco 1998–2009
- Mozambique 1999–2013
- Myanmar 2011–2018
- Namibia 1999–2014
- Nepal 2000–2015
- Netherlands 1998–2016
- New Zealand 2013–2016
- Niger 2006–2017
- North Macedonia 2002–2002
- Norway 1997–2016
- Oman 1997–2016
- Pakistan 2013–2017
- Palau 2001–2001
- Panama 1999–2012
- Paraguay 2000–2010
- Peru 2002–2017
- Philippines 1997–2009
- Poland 1998–2016
- Portugal 1999–2015
- Puerto Rico 2013–2014
- Romania 2001–2016
- Russian Federation 2000–2016
- Rwanda 2000–2018
- Saint Kitts and Nevis 2015–2015
- Saint Lucia 2009–2018
- Samoa 1999–2001
- San Marino 2010–2011
- Sao Tome and Principe 2012–2014
- Saudi Arabia 1998–1998
- Senegal 2005–2018
- Serbia 2007–2017
- Seychelles 1984–2016
- Singapore 2008–2017
- Slovakia 1997–2016
- Slovenia 2001–2016
- South Africa 2013–2018
- Spain 1998–2016
- Sri Lanka 2010–2018
- Sweden 1998–2016
- Switzerland 1998–2016
- Syrian Arab Republic 2002–2009
- Tajikistan 2002–2015
- Tanzania, United Republic of 2004–2010
- Thailand 1997–2013
- Timor-Leste 2009–2010
- Togo 1998–2017
- Tonga 1998–2004
- Tunisia 1997–2015
- Türkiye 1999–2016
- Turks and Caicos Islands 2015–2015
- Uganda 2004–2012
- Ukraine 2000–2017
- United Arab Emirates 1997–1997
- United Kingdom 1998–2016
- United States 2010–2016
- Uruguay 1999–2017
- Vanuatu 1999–2001
- Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 2009–2009
- Viet Nam 2008–2013
- Virgin Islands, British 2001–2015
- Zimbabwe 2010–2013
Latest observations
| Country | Period | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andorra | 2018 | 22.29 | percent |
| Colombia | 2018 | 21.64 | percent |
| Costa Rica | 2018 | 37.51 | percent |
| El Salvador | 2018 | 11.13 | percent |
| Hong Kong | 2018 | 24.20 | percent |
| Jordan | 2018 | 25.33 | percent |
| Kazakhstan | 2018 | 7.46 | percent |
| Lesotho | 2018 | 44.69 | percent |
| Malaysia | 2018 | 23.75 | percent |
| Moldova, Republic of | 2018 | 26.65 | 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, tertiary. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-government-expenditure-per-student-tertiary (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.
@misc{interva-worldbank-government-expenditure-per-student-tertiary,
title = {Government expenditure per student, tertiary},
author = {World Bank},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-government-expenditure-per-student-tertiary}},
note = {Interva dataset worldbank-government-expenditure-per-student-tertiary; 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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