Education expenditure in the budget — all countries

Education expenditure in the budget — Europe & Central Asia

Education expenditure in the budget in Europe & Central Asia in 2022 — 11.68%. Since 1993, the indicator has risen by 2.15 pp.

2022 11.68% +0.17 pp vs 2021
World rank
Period maximum 12.71%2006
Period minimum 9.03%1995

Trend over time

1993–2022 · % of government expenditure

Education expenditure in the budget — Europe & Central Asia, 1993–2022910111213199319961999200220052008201120142017202020221993: 9.53%1994: 9.34%1995: 9.03%1996: 10.67%1998: 11.29%1999: 11.57%2000: 11.58%2001: 12.09%2002: 12.01%2003: 12.1%2004: 12.44%2005: 12.25%2006: 12.71%2007: 11.94%2008: 12.47%2009: 11.94%2010: 11.47%2011: 11.61%2012: 11.77%2013: 12.12%2014: 11.7%2015: 11.82%2016: 12.28%2017: 12.05%2018: 11.6%2019: 12.01%2020: 11.59%2021: 11.52%2022: 11.68%
Change over the period: +2.15 pp Annual average: 0.07 pp

Comparison, 2022

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Europe & Central Asia

Europe & Central Asia 11.68%
World 13.11%
Education expenditure in the budget — Europe & Central Asia, by year Europe & Central Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 11.68 +0.17 pp
2021 11.52 −0.08 pp
2020 11.59 −0.42 pp
2019 12.01 +0.41 pp
2018 11.6 −0.45 pp
2017 12.05 −0.23 pp
2016 12.28 +0.46 pp
2015 11.82 +0.12 pp
2014 11.7 −0.42 pp
2013 12.12 +0.36 pp
2012 11.77 +0.15 pp
2011 11.61 +0.14 pp
2010 11.47 −0.47 pp
2009 11.94 −0.53 pp
2008 12.47 +0.53 pp
2007 11.94 −0.77 pp
2006 12.71 +0.46 pp
2005 12.25 −0.19 pp
2004 12.44 +0.34 pp
2003 12.1 +0.09 pp
2002 12.01 −0.08 pp
2001 12.09 +0.51 pp
2000 11.58 +0.01 pp
1999 11.57 +0.28 pp
1998 11.29
1996 10.67 +1.64 pp
1995 9.03 −0.31 pp
1994 9.34 −0.19 pp
1993 9.53

About the indicator

Government expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure. Unlike the share of GDP, it shows the priority within the budget: a country may spend little on education as a percentage of GDP, yet with a small state that turns out to be a significant part of all expenditure. The international benchmark agreed under the Dakar Framework for Action is fifteen to twenty percent of the budget.

Important: The aggregate is weighted by government consumption in dollars: it accounts for about two thirds of all budget expenditure, and the source does not publish absolute spending. The same device is used for military expenditure in the budget.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.