Education spending in Euro area
Government spending on education in the euro area was equal to 4.7% of GDP in 2022.
Euro area is a group: Euro area; membership follows each source definition (World Bank EMU, ECB U2 changing composition). The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Euro area, 2022
4.7%
Change from 2021
−0.2percentage points
World, 2022
3.9%
Education spending in Euro area over time
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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Euro area | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | – | 3.6% |
| 2022 | 4.7% | 3.9% |
| 2021 | 4.9% | 4.2% |
| 2020 | 5.1% | 4.3% |
| 2019 | 4.6% | 4.2% |
| 2018 | 4.5% | 4.2% |
| 2017 | 4.8% | 4.1% |
| 2016 | 4.8% | 4.2% |
| 2015 | 4.9% | 4.2% |
| 2014 | 5.0% | 4.2% |
| 2013 | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| 2012 | 4.9% | 4.0% |
| 2011 | 5.2% | 4.1% |
| 2010 | 5.4% | 4.2% |
| 2009 | 5.6% | 4.7% |
| 2008 | 5.0% | 4.2% |
| 2007 | 4.7% | 4.0% |
| 2006 | 4.9% | 4.0% |
| 2005 | 4.9% | 4.0% |
| 2004 | 5.0% | 3.9% |
| 2003 | 5.0% | 4.1% |
| 2002 | 4.8% | 3.9% |
| 2001 | 5.0% | 3.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 4.9% in 2021.
- Since 2012, when it was 4.9%, the figure has changed by −0.2 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2022 was 3.9%.