Education, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure … total in Belarus
Belarus: Education, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure … total was 0.2267 in 2020. ▼ Falling
Education, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this in Belarus, 2003–2020
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
Belarus recorded 0.2267 for education, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this in 2020.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.9% on the previous year and down 10.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, education, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this in Belarus peaked at 0.2643 in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.1787, in 2003.
That places Belarus 54th out of 60 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
Education, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure … total in Belarus, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 0.1787 | — |
| 2004 | 0.2486 | +39.1% |
| 2005 | 0.2543 | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 0.2643 | +3.9% |
| 2007 | 0.2558 | -3.2% |
| 2008 | 0.2522 | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 0.2601 | +3.1% |
| 2010 | 0.2541 | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 0.2405 | -5.4% |
| 2012 | 0.2425 | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 0.2363 | -2.6% |
| 2014 | 0.2299 | -2.7% |
| 2015 | 0.2288 | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.2109 | -7.8% |
| 2017 | 0.2204 | +4.5% |
| 2018 | 0.2189 | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 0.2162 | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 0.2267 | +4.9% |
Belarus compared with similar countries
- Belarus's 0.2267 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.8385, 27% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Belarus's 0.2267 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.7346, 31% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Education, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure … total in Belarus changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +39.1% | 0.1787 | 0.2486 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.2449 | 0.1787 | 0.2643 | 7 |
| 2010s | 0.2299 | 0.2109 | 0.2541 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2267 | 0.2267 | 0.2267 | 1 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is education, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this in Belarus?
- Education, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this in Belarus was 0.2267 in 2020, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest education, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this recorded in Belarus?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2643 in 2006.
- What is the lowest education, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this recorded in Belarus?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1787 in 2003.
- How does Belarus rank for education, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this?
- Belarus ranks 54th out of 60 countries with data for 2020.
- Is education, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this rising or falling in Belarus?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belarus data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Education, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item to total general government expenditure on this, Percent (Central government). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Fiscal Decentralization dataset includes fiscal decentralization indicators for a sample of IMF member countries. The following indicators are included in the dataset: Revenue and Expenditure Decentralization Shares; Transfer dependency and Vertical Fiscal Imbalances; Deficit and Debt; Allocation of expenditure (economic classification); Allocation of expenditure (functional classification); Allocation of non-Tax Revenues; and Allocation of Taxes.