Expenditure on e6ucaticn /current expenciture c/ Capital expen6iture/GDP­ Over-all deficit/GDP Foreign financing/ total eYpenditure Domestic financine/ total expenditure 1980 Wei eh te cl Me dian ave rare §:./ value 'E./ 29.3 14.0 32.8 1 9. 4 13.4 6.4 9. 1 9. 1 21.6 32.2 30.7 21 • 1 - 4.9 4.3 5-9 1 9. 6 9.1 7-9 8.7 1 2. 1 Source: ECA secretariat. 1 981 ~/eiehteo Median ave rare ~/ value 1./ 30.4 1 5. 5 34.0 21.1 12.9 9.0 12.4 8.8 24.0 34.3 30.8 22.7 4-9 4.4 5-9 18.3 8.5 9.0 16.5 10.0 a/ Ratios for Africa as a whole are obtained as averages of country ratios weighted by GDP at current market prices. b/ The median is the value represented by the "middle" country in the sense that half of all countries in the group have higher ratios and half of them lower ones. c/ Data relatinr to countries with a federal system do not include rericnal povernment budfets, which involve substantial expenditure in several sectors. The weirhteo averaee would thus be distorted, and is not applied here. 4. In most African countries rcvernment e>:penditure has risen faster than the nominal value of output. The ¥Teirhte6 averaee ratio of total rublic e.:rpenditure tc GDP increasec fTacually from 28.1 per cent in 1979 to 34 per cent in 1981. The rise was par­ticularly rreat in the case of ordinary expenditure, which rose frau: 17.1 per cent of GDP in 1979 to 21.1 :per cent in 1981. (For further details see the statistical annex.) 96 E/ECA /CM. 9/5 5. This growth in ordinary eY.penditure in part reflects the political anc social pressures brourht to bear en governments. Unfortunately, up-to-date relevant data are not available fer all the African countries surveyed here, so that it is not possible 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing government expenditure and its relationship with GDP in various African countries. It provides data on different types of expenditure, such as capital expenditure, current expenditure, and overall deficit. The text also mentions the growth of ordinary expenditure and its possible causes, including political and social pressures on governments. Given the focus on government finances and expenditure, it is likely that the text is related to economic development and public policy.

**Category**
Economic development, Employment