Public spending on basic education measures recurrent and capital expenditures, including teacher salaries, as a percentage of total public education spending. Country-specific definitions and targets are determined by individual nations. The data is compiled by the Global Partnership for Education.
Use Cases
- Analyze country-specific spending priorities on basic education versus total education budgets.
- Benchmark national education spending allocations across different countries.
- Track changes in public expenditure composition for basic education over time.
Strengths
- Focuses on a standardized metric: percentage of total education spending.
- Compiles data using country-specific definitions and targets.
Limitations
- Unknown sample size and temporal coverage limit statistical analysis.
- Methodological heterogeneity between countries may complicate direct comparisons.
Provenance
- Source
- Global Partnership for Education
- Collection Method
- Compiled from country-reported public expense data.
- Time Range
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- Freshness
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- Geography
- International, country-level.