in the last few years capital expenditure represents the greatest proportion of annual public expenditure in general programmes of upper secondary education fluctuating between and in the period the proportion of capital expenditure has grown considerably in technicalprofessional programmes from less than to more than and less son in primary education from about to about also as depicted in figure in capital expenditure as a proportion of total expenditure in public institutions was lower in uruguay in primary education in secondary education than in the average oecd country in primary education in secondary education for the same year capital investment in school education was more significant in argentina brazil and peru than in uruguay