Expenditure in tertiary education as share of total educational expenditure

(%)

South Sudan is the top country by expenditure in tertiary education in the world. As of 2016, expenditure in tertiary education in South Sudan was 50.4 %. The top 5 countries also includes Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, and Sri Lanka.

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What is expenditure in tertiary education?

Educational expenditure in tertiary as % of total educational expenditure is the percentage of public education expenditure for tertiary education. Public expenditure (current and capital) includes government spending on educational institutions (both public and private) and education administration as well as subsidies for private entities (students/households and other privates entities). In some instances data on public expenditure on education refers only to the ministry of education, excluding other ministries that spend a part of their budget on educational activities at a given level of education.