UNESCO SCIENCE REPORT

Southeast Asia and Oceania
More than one-third of education spending goes on higher education in Malaysia and Singapore
As a share of total public expenditure on education, 2013 or nearest year (%)
Malaysia (2011)
36.97
Singapore (2013)
35.28
New Zealand (2013)
25.33
Australia (2011)
23.20
Japan (2011)
Timor-Leste (2011)
Myanmar (2011)
20.14
19.79
19.12
Indonesia (2012)
Viet Nam (2012)
Korea, Rep. (2011)
Cambodia (2010)
17.18
16.67
15.61
14.54
Fiji (2011)
Philippines (2009)
11.96
12.96
Thailand (2012)
9.37
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
Singapore and Malaysia have the greatest share of PhD students among university students
University enrolment in Asia by level of study, 2011, selected countries
PhD Master’s programme Bachelor’s programme
Singapore (1:4)
Bangladesh (1:4)
Pakistan (1:4)
Nepal (1:4)
Malaysia (1:6)
India (1:6)
Korea, Rep. (1:7)
Thailand (1:7)
Iran (1:8)
Sri Lanka (1:9)
Japan (1:10)
Indonesia (1:12)
Cambodia (1:12)
Philippines* (1:27)
Lao, PDR (1:33)
Myanmar (1:45)
Bhutan
Timor-Leste
0
20 40 60 80 100
* Data for the Philippines are for 2008.
Note: Between brackets is the ratio of enrolment in master’s/PhD programmes to bachelor’s programmes.
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Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, June 2015; for university enrolment in Asia: UIS (2014)
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