Adjusted savings: education expenditure in Upper middle income
Upper middle income: Adjusted savings: education expenditure was 2.7% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Adjusted savings: education expenditure in Upper middle income, 1970–2021
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of GNI.
Analysis
Upper middle income recorded 2.7% for adjusted savings: education expenditure in 2021.
The figure is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 19.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted savings: education expenditure in Upper middle income peaked at 3.4% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 2.6%, in 1973.
That places Upper middle income 37th out of 47 groups with data for 2021, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 52 years of available data.
Adjusted savings: education expenditure in Upper middle income, year by year
| Year | % of GNI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 2.7% | — |
| 1971 | 2.6% | -3.6% |
| 1972 | 2.6% | +0.5% |
| 1973 | 2.6% | -3.3% |
| 1974 | 2.7% | +5.4% |
| 1975 | 2.7% | +1.1% |
| 1976 | 2.9% | +7.6% |
| 1977 | 2.8% | -4.7% |
| 1978 | 3.1% | +10.8% |
| 1979 | 3.1% | +0.8% |
| 1980 | 3.0% | -2.3% |
| 1981 | 3.3% | +8.3% |
| 1982 | 3.4% | +1.8% |
| 1983 | 2.9% | -13.0% |
| 1984 | 2.8% | -3.9% |
| 1985 | 2.8% | -1.8% |
| 1986 | 3.0% | +7.5% |
| 1987 | 3.0% | +2.8% |
| 1988 | 2.9% | -6.0% |
| 1989 | 3.0% | +6.1% |
| 1990 | 3.1% | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 3.0% | -2.8% |
| 1992 | 3.1% | +5.1% |
| 1993 | 3.1% | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 3.3% | +5.6% |
| 1995 | 3.2% | -4.9% |
| 1996 | 3.2% | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 3.4% | +5.2% |
| 1998 | 3.4% | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 3.2% | -7.3% |
| 2000 | 3.2% | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 3.3% | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 3.2% | -2.5% |
| 2003 | 3.3% | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 3.2% | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 3.3% | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 3.3% | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 3.3% | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 3.3% | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 3.3% | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 3.3% | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 3.3% | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 3.3% | -2.7% |
| 2013 | 3.2% | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 3.1% | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 3.0% | -3.6% |
| 2016 | 3.0% | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 3.0% | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 2.9% | -4.2% |
| 2019 | 2.8% | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 2.7% | -4.6% |
| 2021 | 2.7% | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.8% | 2.6% | 3.1% | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.0% | 2.8% | 3.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.2% | 3.0% | 3.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.3% | 3.2% | 3.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.1% | 2.8% | 3.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.7% | 2.7% | 2.7% | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted savings: education expenditure in Upper middle income?
- Adjusted savings: education expenditure in Upper middle income was 2.7% in 2021, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest adjusted savings: education expenditure recorded in Upper middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 3.4% in 1998.
- What is the lowest adjusted savings: education expenditure recorded in Upper middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.6% in 1973.
- How does Upper middle income rank for adjusted savings: education expenditure?
- Upper middle income ranks 37th out of 47 groups with data for 2021.
- Is adjusted savings: education expenditure rising or falling in Upper middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Upper middle income data come from?
- The figures come from Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), published as part of Adjusted savings: education expenditure (% of GNI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Education expenditure refers to the current operating expenditures in education, including wages and salaries and excluding capital investments in buildings and equipment. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross National Income (GNI) which is the total income earned by all residents within an economic territory during an accounting period. It is equal to gross domestic product plus earned income receivable from abroad minus earned income payable abroad.