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The following table shows expenditure on the Gross Domestic Product at
current market prices for the same period, total government expenditure,
government education expenditure, and government expenditure as a
percentage of Gross Domestic Product:
Government
1974 -75
1975
-76
1976 -77
1977
1978
1979
1980
-78
-79
-80
-81
RE
$m
$m
$m
$m
$m
$m
$m
education
expenditure
1,098.7 1,231.6 1,366.0 1,570.4 1,858.3 2,325.0
3,228.5
Total government 6,255.2 6,032.2 6,590.9 8,996.9 11,090.1 13,872.3 19,694.9
expenditure
Expenditure on
GDP at current 38,786.0 40,574.0 51,973.0 59,615.0 69,491.0 86,113.0* 106,088.0* market prices
%
%
%
%
୪୧
%
%
%
Government
expenditure
2.83
3.03
2.63
2.63
2.67
2.70*
3.04*
on education
as % of GDP
Total government
expenditure
16.13 14.87
12.68
15.09
15.96
16.11*
18.56*
as % of GDP
Provisional figures for 1979-80
*
Preliminary figures for 1980-81
The distribution of education expenditure against the total provision made
in the estimates for the financial year 1981-82 is illustrated in the
following paragraphs (figures rounded).
Total provision
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The gross total provision made in the estimates for 1981-82 is
$25,062 million. This represents an increase of $6,620 million on the
approved estimate for 1980-81 and of $11,190 million on actual expenditure
in 1979-80, viz: