Calendar year 2020

UK revenue from education related exports and transnational education activity

Data guidance

Published 15 December 2022

Description

Statistics on the estimated revenue generated by education related exports and transnational education (TNE) activity in 2020.

TNE activity includes education programmes that take place outside the UK, either through partner institutions, or directly through distance learning or international campuses.

Coverage

United Kingdom, Calendar Year 2020.

File formats and conventions

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Data files

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Figure 1 - UK revenue from education related exports and TNE activities (£billions and current prices)

• Filename: figure_1_data_5.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2010 to 2020
• Content:

  Data used for Figure 1 - UK revenue from education related exports and TNE activities (£billions and current prices).

  Broken down by:

  • Education-related exports
  • TNE activity
  • Total

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
education_related_exports_and_tne_activity	Education related exports and TNE activity
revenue	Revenue (£bn in current prices to nearest £10 million, calendar year)

Figure 2 - Share by revenue stream of education related exports and repatriated income from TNE activities, 2020 (£billions in current prices)

• Filename: figure_2_data_1.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2010 to 2020
• Content:

  Share by revenue stream of education related exports and repatriated income from TNE activities, 2020 (£billions in current prices)

  Broken down by revenue stream.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
revenue_stream	Revenue Stream
share_of_revenue	Share of revenue (in £bn and in current prices)

Headline figure 1 - UK revenue from education related exports and TNE activity (in billions, current prices to the nearest 10 million, 2020, calendar year)

• Filename: table_3_uk_revenue_from_ere_and_tne_hf_3.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2010 to 2020
• Content:

  Total revenue of education related exports and TNE (in billions, current prices to the nearest 10 million, 2020, calendar year)

  Broken down by revenue stream and sub-streams.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
education_related_exports_and_tne_activity	Education Related Exports and TNE Activity
revenue	Total revenue of education related exports and transnational education (TNE) activity in 2020 (in billions)
sector	Sector
sub_stream	Sub-stream

Headline figure 2 - Share of the total revenue of education related exports and TNE activity accounted for by Higher Education

• Filename: table_4_share_by_revenue_stream_hf_4.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2010 to 2020
• Content:

  Share of the total revenue of education related exports and TNE activity accounted for by Higher Education.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
revenue_stream	Revenue Stream
share	Share of the value of total education related exports and transnational education activity accounted for by Higher Education in 2020

Headline figure 3 - Percentage change in the revenue of total education related exports and TNE activity

• Filename: headline_figure_3_2.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2011 to 2020
• Content:

  Percentage change in the revenue of total education related exports and TNE activity.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
metric	Education related exports and TNE activity
percentage_change	Percentage increase in total education related exports and TNE activity from 2019 to 2020
percentage_change_years	Change from (calendar year)

Secondary headline figures - Total revenue of education related exports and TNE activity (in billions, current prices to nearest £10 million, 2020, calendar year)

• Filename: table_3_uk_revenue_from_ere_and_tne_secondary_2.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2010 to 2020
• Content:

  Total revenue of education related exports and TNE activity (in billions, current prices to nearest £10 million, 2020, calendar year)

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
education_related_exports_and_tne_activity	Education Related Exports and TNE Activity
revenue	Total value of Education Related Exports and TNE Activity (in billions, current prices to nearest £10 million, calendar years)
sector	Sector
sub_stream	Sub-stream

Table 1 - Annual percentage change in education related exports and TNE activity

• Filename: table1-annual_pct_change_1.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2011 to 2020
• Content:

  Annual percentage change in education related exports and TNE activity

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
metric	Education related exports and TNE activity
percentage_change	Percentage change year-on-year
percentage_change_years	Change from (calendar year)

Table 3 - UK revenue from education related exports and TNE Activity 2010-2020 (billions, current prices to the nearest £10million, 2020, calendar year)

• Filename: table_3_uk_revenue_from_ere_and_tne_3.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2010 to 2020
• Content:

  UK revenue from education related exports and TNE Activity 2010-2020 (billions, current prices to the nearest £10million, 2020, calendar year)

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
education_related_exports_and_tne_activity	Education Related Exports and TNE Activity
revenue	Total revenue of education related exports and transnational education (TNE) activity in 2020 (in billions)
sector	Sector
sub_stream	Sub-stream

Table 4 and Figure 2b - Share by revenue stream of total education related exports and TNE activity from 2010 to 2020

• Filename: table_4_share_by_revenue_stream_4.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2010 to 2020
• Content:

  Share by revenue stream of total education related exports and TNE activity from 2010 to 2020

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
revenue_stream	Revenue Stream
share	Share by revenue stream of total education related exports and transnational education activity from 2010 to 2020