Public spending on total education (% of total public spending)
The data derived from national sources may differ from international sources because of divergences in definitions, methods of calculation, or in some cases due to different underlying data.  For these reasons, the data based on national sources in this database should not be used for making comparisons between countries, but rather for assessing the progress of individual countries.
Public expenses devoted to the education sector, including recurrent and capital expenditures and teacher salaries, expressed as a percentage of the total general government expenses. Country-specific definition, method and targets are determined by countries themselves.