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Education Spend and Numbers of Students 13
We have entered the requested information regarding the Spain government's annual education budget and the number of students in primary and secondary schools for each year between 2010 and 2019 in row 15 of the attached spreadsheet. Below is an overview of the request.
Spain - Government's Annual Education Budget
- In 2017, the Spain government's expenditure on education was €49,463,674,100 ($52,755,135,765.63) [1 EUR = 1.06654 USD].
- The education budget of the Spain government for 2016 = 4.21% (Government's expenditure on education as total percentage of GDP in 2016) * $1.232 trillion (2016 GDP) = $51,867,200,000.
- The education budget of the Spain government for 2015 = 4.27% (Government's expenditure on education as total percentage of GDP in 2015) * $1.195 trillion (2015 GDP) = $51,026,500,000.
- The education budget of the Spain government for 2014 = 4.28% (Government expenditure on education as total percentage of GDP in 2014) * $1.369 trillion (2014 GDP) = $58,592,200,000.
- The education budget of the Spain government for 2013 = 4.33% (Government's expenditure on education as total percentage of GDP in 2013) * $1.355 trillion (2013 GDP) = $58,671,500,000.
- The education budget of the Spain government for 2012 = 4.43% (Government's expenditure on education as total percentage of GDP in 2012) * $1.325 trillion (2012 GDP) = $58,697,500,000.
- The education budget of the Spain government for 2011 = 4.87% (Government's expenditure on education as total percentage of GDP in 2011) * $1.479 trillion (2011 GDP) = $72,027,300,000.
- The education budget of the Spain government for 2010 = 4.82% (Government's expenditure on education as total percentage of GDP in 2010) * $1.421 trillion (2010 GDP) = $68,492,200,000.
Spain - Number of Students
- The number of students in Spain's primary and secondary schools in 2017 was 6,375,075 (3,042,396 + 3,332,678).
- The number of students in Spain's primary and secondary schools in 2016 was 6,357,140 (3,027,751 + 3,329,389).
- The number of students in Spain's primary and secondary schools in 2015 was 6,323,531 (3,010,404 + 3,313,127).
- The number of students in Spain's primary and secondary schools in 2014 was 6,249,050 (2,960,626 + 3,288,424).
- The number of students in Spain's primary and secondary schools in 2013 was 6,231,007 (2,934,648 + 3,296,359).
- The number of students in Spain's primary and secondary schools in 2012 was 6,112,713 (2,816,584 + 3,296,129).
- The number of students in Spain's primary and secondary schools in 2011 was 6,020,927 (2,772,909 + 3,248,018).
- The number of students in Spain's primary and secondary schools in 2010 was 5,905,997 (2,720,989 + 3,185,008).
Research Strategy
In search of information, your research team utilized various of Spain's government-related websites, such as finance and education websites. However, from these sources, the team could not find any information on the government's annual education budget and the number of students (primary and secondary) for each year between 2010 and 2019. We could only find the overall government expenditure.
On using the third-party websites, such as Index Mundi, World Bank, among others, we were able to find the data that helped us in triangulating the required information. These sources provided the percentage of Spain government's expenditure on education from the total GDP for each year between 2010 and 2016 and total Spain's GDP during the same period. Therefore, with this data, we could calculate the budget allocated by the government to the education sector from 2010 to 2016. The 2017 budget is precompiled in this source, EACEA Europa. However, for the years 2018 and 2019, we could not find how much amount was allocated to the education sector by Spain's government. Since the government's total expenditure for 2018 and 2019, respectively, could be found in the public domain, we tried a triangulation approach. Here, we searched for any data, such as the percentage of the budget allocated to education in 2018 and 2019, to help us calculate the government's annual education budget for these two years; however, we could not find any useful information to assist in triangulation. Additionally, we also obtained the statistics on the number of students in primary and secondary schools in Spain from the World Bank website. However, the most recent publicly available data is from 2017. Also, we could not find the number of students for the years 2018 and 2019, respectively. In search of this missing data, we utilized various sources ranging from government's education websites to third-party websites; however, we could not find any relevant data for these two years.