This ratio is the percentage of Gross National Product (a proxy to measure national income) that goes into public expenditure
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Human Rights Standards:
Articles 13 (2) & 14, International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; Article 28 (1), Convention on the Rights of the Child; Article 24 (2), Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; Article 7 (2) (c), ILO Convention 182; Article 17 (2), (Revised) European Social Charter; Article 13 (3), Protocol of San Salvador; Article 11 (3), African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, Article 13 (4), African Youth Charter; Article 41 (2,) Arab Charter; Article 4, UNESCO Convention against Discrimination in Education
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Public expenditure ratio reflects the size of a government’s budget in relation to the size of its economy. It represents the resources a government has at its disposal to undertake all its functions, including in the education field. If this ratio is too low, the State is weakened, making it difficult to adequately provide resources for many competing and often essential functions. If this ratio is too high and a large proportion of national income is drawn into the public sector, this might depress private investment and restrict economic growth, which could jeopardise the sustainability of the realisation of the right to education and other rights