Education spending in Lithuania

Government spending on education in Lithuania was equal to 4.3% of GDP in 2022.

Lithuania, 2022 4.3% % of GDP
Change from 2021 0percentage points 2021: 4.2%
European Union, 2022 4.7% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2022 4.7% Middle value of 25 countries
Position in 2022 77th of 164 See the full ranking

Education spending in Lithuania 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.

Government expenditure on education as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2022
Period LithuaniaEuropean Union
2022 4.3% 4.7%
2021 4.2% 4.8%
2020 4.5% 4.9%
2019 3.9% 4.6%
2018 3.9% 4.6%
2017 3.8% 4.6%
2016 4.0% 4.8%
2015 4.2% 4.8%
2014 4.5% 4.9%
2013 4.6% 5.0%
2012 4.8% 4.8%
2011 5.2% 5.1%
2010 5.4% 5.4%
2009 5.6% 5.6%
2008 4.8% 5.0%
2007 4.6% 4.9%
2006 4.8% 4.9%
2005 4.9% 5.1%
2004 5.1% 5.0%
2003 5.1% 5.1%
2002 5.8% 5.2%
2001 5.8% 5.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 4.2% in 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 4.8%, the figure has changed by −0.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 164 countries with data for 2022, Lithuania has the 77th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2022 was 4.7%.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1993 to 2022 for Lithuania
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics