Education expenditure data is housed in two databases on the EdStats website: 1) the EdStats Query - Education Expenditures and 2) the World Bank Education Expenditure Database. The table below summarizes the differences between the databases. For more detailed information, visit the query pages through the links on the right.

 

EdStats Query - Education Expenditures

World Bank Education Expenditure Database

Use of Database

Download core expenditure indicators and compare expenditure data across countries.

Download detailed expenditure data on one country. Data cannot be used to compare countries.

# of Indicators

78

Over 800

Data Source

UNESCO Institute for Statistics

World Bank Public Expenditure Review Documents