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This data is divided by gross domestic product, expressed as a percentage.", "descriptionFromProducer": "General government expenditures data are from the OECD National Accounts Statistics (database), which are based on the System of National Accounts (SNA), a set of internationally agreed concepts, definitions, classifications and rules for national accounting. the 2008 SNA framework has been implemented by all OECD countries. In SNA terminology, general government consists of central, state and local governments and social security funds. Expenditures encompass intermediate consumption, compensation of employees, subsidies, property income (including interest spending), social benefits, other current expenditures (mainly current transfers) and capital expenditures (capital transfers and investments). Gross domestic product (GDP) is the standard measure of the value of the goods and services produced by a country during a period. Government expenditures per capita were calculated by converting total government expenditures to USD using the OECD/ Eurostat purchasing power parities (PPP) for GDP and dividing by population of the country. PPP is the number of units of country B\u2019s currency needed to buy the same quantity of goods and services in country A.", "type": "float", "datasetName": "OECD Government at a Glance", "updatePeriodDays": 365, "datasetVersion": "2026-04-01", "nonRedistributable": false, "display": {"name": "Government expenditure by function - Education | Total", "unit": "% of GDP", "shortUnit": "%", "tolerance": 5, "numDecimalPlaces": 1}, "schemaVersion": 2, "processingLevel": "minor", "presentation": {"attributionShort": "OECD", "topicTagsLinks": ["Government Spending"]}, "descriptionKey": ["General government expenditure includes goods and services consumed in a production process, compensation of employees, subsidies, property income, social benefits, capital transfers and investments, and other current expenditures.", "Government spending on education supports all levels of education, including pre-primary, primary, secondary, post-secondary, tertiary, and education not definable by level, subsidiary services to education, and research and development related to these areas.", "This data was classified using the Classification of the Functions of Government (COFOG) framework. This is an international classification system to classify government expenditures by the functions or purposes they serve. It was developed by the OECD and the UN and is adopted by other international organizations It defines ten different functions of government: general public services, defense, public order and safety, economic affairs, environmental protection, housing and community amenities, health, recreation, culture and religion, education, and social protection.", "This data refers to general government, which includes central, state, and local governments and social security funds."], "origins": [{"id": 14269, "title": "Public finance main indicators - Government at a glance, Yearly updates", "description": "This dataset represents a selection of indicators as presented in the 2025 edition of the Government at a Glance publication related to the public finance under the System of national accounts (SNA). 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