Appendices ❘ 479
Table 23
(Chapter 7: Education)
Distribution of Educational Attainment of Population Aged 15 and Over
Percentages
Educational attainment
2005
2009
2010
No schooling/Pre-primary Primary
Secondary(1)
Post-secondary
Non-degree course
6.4
5.2
5.4
19.3
17.7
17.0
51.5
52.0
52.3
7.7
7.9
7.3
Degree course
15.1
17.1
18.1
Total
100.0
100.0
100.0
Notes: Figures are compiled based on data collected in the General Household Survey from January to December of the year concerned as well as the mid-year population estimates by District Council district compiled jointly by the Census and Statistics Department and an inter-departmental Working Group on Population Distribution Projections.
(1) Persons with educational attainment at secondary level refer to those with Secondary 1 to Secondary 7 education or
equivalent level.
Source: General Household Survey Section (2), Census and Statistics Department.
(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2887 5508)
Table 24
(Chapter 7: Education)
Government Expenditure on Education
Total expenditure (HK$ million)
As percentage of total government
expenditure (%)
As percentage of Gross Domestic
Product (GDP) (%)
Financial year (April-March)
2005-06(1)
2009-10(1)
54,265 23.3
58,240
2010-11(1)(2)
61,824
20.2
20.4
3.8
3.5@
3.5@
Recurrent expenditure (HK$ million)
44,527
50,831
51,432
Spent on (%)
Primary education
23.2
21.4
21.4
Secondary education
36.0
38.2
38.5
Higher education(3)
28.0
25.8
25.0
Others(4)
12.8
14.6
15.1
Notes: (1) Expenditure figures for 2010-11 and before have been adjusted to align with the definitions and policy area group
classifications adopted in the 2011-12 estimate.
(2) Revised estimates.
(3) Higher education includes teacher education programmes provided by the University Grants Committee-funded
institutions.
(4) Figures include government recurrent expenditure on kindergarten, special education, adult education courses run or funded by the Education Bureau, vocational education courses run by the Vocational Training Council and departmental support.
Source: Education Bureau, Government Secretariat.
(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2892 6267)