development report 2012 - UMAR

142 Development Report 2012
Indicators of Slovenia’s development
Expenditure
on educational
institutions per student
Expenditure on educational institutions per student
(measured in EU PPS 1 ) grew in 2008, being again
above the EU average. In 2008 (the most recent
available data) it totalled EUR PPS 6,528.7, exceeding
the EU average by EUR PPS 70. Relative to the preceding
year, it increased more than in the EU as a whole.
During the period of the implementation of SDS, it
rose by 9.7%. Slovenia also exceeds the EU average in
terms of expenditure on educational institutions per
student relative to GDP per capita (in %), which also
takes into account the level of a country’s economic
development. In 2008 this expenditure totalled 28.6%
for all education levels, 3.0 p.p. more than in the EU as
a whole.
significantly higher than the EU average, which is
also attributable to fictitious enrolments in tertiary
education. During the implementation of SDS,
expenditure on educational institutions per tertiaryeducation
student as a percentage of GDP dropped
sharply, in contrast to that in the EU as a whole, where
it rose substantially. The reason for the 2005–2008
decline is that the high increase in the participation
in tertiary education was not accompanied by growth
in expenditure on education; in the private part,
expenditure even declined. 3
Expenditure on educational institutions per student
in tertiary education in Slovenia is low. In 2008,
Slovenia had the highest expenditure on educational
institutions per student at the primary level, which
totalled EUR PPS 7,182.6, exceeding expenditure at
the levels of upper secondary (EUR PPS 5,535.6) and
tertiary education (EUR PPS 6,441.0). At the tertiary
level, Slovenia lags significantly behind most other
EU countries with regard to expenditure (EU average:
EUR PPS 9,296.1). In 2008, expenditure on educational
institutions per tertiary-education student increased
more (by EUR PPS 485.9) than in the EU as a whole
(by EUR PPS 194.3). The increases at the primary and
upper secondary levels were smaller. At these two
levels expenditure per student increased due to lower
enrolment and increased expenditure on educational
institutions. 2 In 2008 expenditure on educational
institutions per tertiary-education student was even
lower than at the time of the adoption of SDS (in 2005).
We estimate that in 2009 expenditure on educational
institutions per tertiary-education student rose, amid
an increase in expenditure on educational institutions
and a decline in the number of enrolled students. This
expenditure was also low relative to per capita GDP,
which also takes account of the level of economic
development (28.3%). In 2008, the gap with the EU
average narrowed to 8.6 p.p. Low expenditure per
student is related to the high participation rate of
young people (aged 20–24) in tertiary education,
1
Purchasing power standard.
2
In contrast, at the tertiary level, expenditure on educational
institutions dropped due to a decline in private expenditure,
while public expenditure grew. As a consequence, expenditure
on educational institutions per student increased less than it
would have if private expenditure had not declined.
3
See the indicator Private expenditure on education.