Footnotes

In 2012 there was a break in the time series.
1. According to the revised international definition of formal education which is in line with the revised international classification of levels of education ISCED 2011, the expenditure for formal education for 2012 takes into account the expenditure for the 1st age period of education in kindergartens, while according to the previous definition (ISCED 97) only expenditure for the 2nd age period programs of education in kindergartens was considered.
2. In the preparation of data on expenditure for formal education for 2012, the allocation of expenditure between upper secondary education expenditure and short-cycle higher vocational education has been improved. The estimated expenditure for short-cycle higher vocational education (in upper secondary schools which have also sections/units of short-cycle higher vocational education) was transferred to the short-cycle higher vocational expenditure. Until 2011 expenditure for these upper secondary schools was fully taken into account as expenditure of upper secondary education.
From 2018, some transfers to households that were not included in previous years were considered as part of public expenditure on education. Therefore, data on public expenditure on formal education from 2018 on are not directly comparable to that for previous years.
In 2020 there was a break in the time series.
1. The coverage of educational institutions was supplemented:
a. Some public (instructional and non-instructional) educational institutions were added that perform formal education programs and/or perform professional services in the field of formal education, but have registered activities that, according to the Standard Classification of Activities, do not belong to the field of education
b. Private educational institutions were added that perform formal education programs and operate as companies (they had not been covered in previous years).
The above changes affect the volume of funds from various sources for public and private educational institutions.
2. As part of revenues from private sources, from 2020 on additional revenues from market activities in educational institutions that implement formal, continuing adult education programs are taken into account. Revenues that were not related to the provision of formal education as a public service had been completely excluded in previous years.
This change affects the volume of private expenditure on educational institutions, especially at the levels of upper-secondary and tertiary education.
Due to these changes, the data on funding for educational institutions and consequently data on public expenditure for formal education from 2020 on are not directly comparable with these data from previous years.

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PURPOSE OF EXPENDITURE

Purpose of expenditure - TOTAL

Total public expenditure is calculated by subtracting transfers to local government (which are included in total local government expenditure) from total central and local government expenditure.

YEAR

2012

A break in the time series. See footnotes!

2020

A break in the time series. See footnotes!