OECD Education Expenditure as % of GDP

Expenditure on educational institutions (primary through tertiary, ISCED 1-8) as a percentage of GDP. Two indicators per country-year: total expenditure from all sources and public expenditure from general government only. Covers ~50 OECD and partner countries, 1995-2021. Source: OECD Education at a Glance (UOE Finance data) via SDMX REST API.

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Source

Name: OECD - Education at a Glance (UOE Finance)
URL: https://data-explorer.oecd.org
License: CC BY 4.0

Size and Format

Rows: 660
Columns: 4
Size (bytes): 15,388
Formats: parquet, csv

Pricing

Per query (USD): 0.0100 USD
Max rows per query: 1000
Free: No
Free sample: Yes

Temporal Coverage

end: 2021
start: 1995
frequency: annual

Geographic Coverage

level: country
coding: ISO Alpha-3
region: Global (49 countries)

Query Filters

Columns you can use as query params in GET /api/datasets/oecd-education-finance/query.

ref_area Members (JSON)
year Members (JSON)

Schema (Columns)

Column	Type	Description	Filterable
`ref_area`	string	ISO Alpha-3 country code (e.g. USA, DEU, BRA)	Yes
`year`	integer	Year of observation	Yes
`edu_exp_pct_gdp`	float	Total expenditure on educational institutions as % of GDP, all funding sources, ISCED 1-8 (primary through tertiary)	No
`edu_exp_pct_gdp_public`	float	Public expenditure on educational institutions as % of GDP, general government (S13), ISCED 1-8	No

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