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","They have probably heard lots about private education and so get the idea that students are paying most of the education costs out of pocket.","Source: UNESCO","The correct answer for the year that this question covers is 79%. This data covers all education, including university education. The data on public funding of education is considered reliable, but an independent expert we spoke to pointed out that household spending is based on estimates. There is also a lot of unreliability when it comes to how much aid contributes to education.\n\nDespite these limitations, the two independent experts we spoke to said this data is the best when it comes to measuring the magnitude of public and private spending in education. We also made sure we put big differences between the answer options to account for the margin of error in the data. \n\n[1]  [UNESCO’s Global Education Monitoring Report 2019 page 235](https:\u002F\u002Funesdoc.unesco.org\u002Fark:\u002F48223\u002Fpf0000265866)  ","There have been incredible improvements in access to education over recent decades and nowadays most children even in the poorest countries get at least a primary school education. Today, 4% of all countries’ economies combined is spent on education. \n\nThat average hides some big differences and globally, more than one in four countries spend less than 4% of GDP. Also, the poorer a country is, the more likely its citizens are to pay for education out of pocket. \n\nThere are big debates about whether public or private education is better and what kind of balance there should be, but one thing is clear – the poorest people who struggle to feed their families should be able to send their children to school without any out of pocket costs.\n\n### Why is it a problem that people are wrong about this?\nIf we don’t know how little people in the wealthiest countries pay out of pocket for education, we can’t push for better education in those middle- and low-income countries where governments are not meeting UNESCO targets to spend at least 4% of GDP on education.\n\n### Why are people wrong about this?\nNot only do we hear a lot about private education and the cost to attend universities in countries like the US and UK, but people tend to divide the world into rich and poor and probably assume most countries can’t afford to pay for their citizens’ education.\n\n### What are the differences between the regions and income levels?\n[Explore the data](https:\u002F\u002Funesdoc.unesco.org\u002Fark:\u002F48223\u002Fpf0000265866) in UNESCO’s 2019 Global Education Monitoring report.\n\n### Can I trust this fact?\nYes, but be aware of what it measures and its limitations. Firstly, this data covers ALL education, including tertiary education, which includes universities and colleges. The data on public funding of education is considered the most reliable, but an independent expert we spoke to pointed out that household spending is based on estimates and there is a lot of unreliability when it comes to how much aid contributes to education. Even though much of the data comes from 2017, UNESCO told us the averages we use haven’t changed since this report was published in 2019.\n\nDespite these limitations, the two independent experts we spoke to said this data is the best when it comes to measuring the magnitude of public and private spending in education. We also made sure we put big differences between the answer options to account for the margin of error in the data. \n","Education is mostly government funded "]