Government spending on education in Luxembourg

Government spending on education in Luxembourg was equal to 5.2% of GDP in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1995.

Measure: Government spending on education Unit: % of GDP Data: 1995 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Luxembourg, 2025 5.2% % of GDP
Change from 2024 +0.2percentage points 2024: 5.0%
European Union, 2024 4.7% Official aggregate Not the same period as Luxembourg (2025).
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024 5.0% Middle value of 27 countries Not the same period as Luxembourg (2025).

Government spending on education in Luxembourg over time

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% of GDP. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Government spending on education (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period LuxembourgEuropean Union
2025 5.2% –
2024 5.0% 4.7%
2023 4.9% 4.7%
2022 4.7% 4.6%
2021 4.6% 4.7%
2020 5.0% 4.9%
2019 4.8% 4.6%
2018 4.7% 4.6%
2017 4.4% 4.6%
2016 4.3% 4.7%
2015 4.5% 4.7%
2014 4.6% 4.8%
2013 4.7% 4.8%
2012 5.1% 4.8%
2011 5.0% 4.9%
2010 5.0% 5.0%
2009 4.9% –
2008 4.3% –
2007 4.3% –
2006 4.4% –
2005 4.9% –
2004 4.9% –
2003 4.9% –
2002 4.6% –
2001 4.4% –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 5.0% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 4.5%, the figure has changed by +0.7 percentage points.

Source and dates

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Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
gov_10a_exp · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A cofog99=GF09 na_item=TE sector=S13 unit=PC_GDP
Observation period
1995 to 2025 for Luxembourg
Provider update
21 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
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Attribution
Source: Eurostat