Education spending in Luxembourg

Government spending on education in Luxembourg was equal to 3.7% of GDP in 2022.

Luxembourg, 2022 3.7% % of GDP
Change from 2021 +0.1percentage points 2021: 3.7%
European Union, 2022 4.7% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2022 4.7% Middle value of 25 countries
Position in 2022 93rd of 164 See the full ranking

Education spending in Luxembourg 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 LuxembourgEuropean Union
2022 3.7% 4.7%
2021 3.7% 4.8%
2020 3.9% 4.9%
2019 3.7% 4.6%
2018 3.7% 4.6%
2017 3.5% 4.6%
2016 – 4.8%
2015 3.8% 4.8%
2014 3.9% 4.9%
2013 – 5.0%
2012 3.9% 4.8%
2011 – 5.1%
2010 – 5.4%
2009 – 5.6%
2008 – 5.0%
2007 – 4.9%
2006 – 4.9%
2005 – 5.1%
2004 – 5.0%
2003 – 5.1%
2002 – 5.2%
2001 3.5% 5.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 3.7% in 2021.
  • Since 1996, when it was 3.5%, the figure has changed by +0.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 164 countries with data for 2022, Luxembourg has the 93rd 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
1970 to 2022 for Luxembourg
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