Public expenditure on initial vocational education and training (IVET) indicates the scale of government investment in IVET. When expressed relative to students enrolled, data account for the differences in sizes of IVET systems. The indicator below is defined as public expenditure on vocational education at ISCED 3-4 per student enrolled, expressed in thousands of purchasing parity standard (PPS) units. Estimates of EU averages are weighted averages of available country figures and weighted according to enrolments in IVET.
Figure 14. IVET public expenditure per student (1000s PPS)
Source: Eurostat, UOE data collection on formal education systems. EU values are weighted averages based on available country data calculated by Cedefop.
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Based on available country data, estimates that in the EU on average 7.9 thousands PPS units spent per student in 2019. There continued to be a substantial variation in public expenditure across the EU, ranging from 16000 PPS units or more (Luxembourg and Cyprus) to less than 4000 PPS units (Greece and Romania). 2019 data for non-EU countries were available for Iceland and Switzerland (well above the Eu average), Turkey (well below) and Montenegro (in line with it).
Table 14. IVET public expenditure per student (1000s PPS)
Source: Eurostat, UOE data collection on formal education systems. EU values are weighted averages based on available country data calculated by Cedefop. Notes: d) ‘definition differs’; p) ‘provisional; z)’not applicable’. V) Cedefop estimated weighted average based on available country data; data are not presented when they are not available and/or do not support sufficiently reliable comparisons across countries or over time.
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