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Education expenditure in the budget — Ireland

Education expenditure in the budget in Ireland in 2021 — 12.33%. Ranked 85 in the world out of 163. Since 1981, the indicator has fallen by 2.44 pp.

2021 12.33% +0.37 pp vs 2020
World rank 85of 163
Period maximum 14.78%1981
Period minimum 9.32%2010

Trend over time

1981–2021 · % of government expenditure

Education expenditure in the budget — Ireland, 1981–2021810121416198119851989199319972001200520092013201720211981: 14.78%1982: 13.06%1983: 11.61%1984: 11.29%1985: 11.23%1986: 9.82%1987: 10.6%1988: 10.54%1989: 10.93%1990: 11.7%1991: 11.42%1992: 11.8%1993: 12.04%1994: 12.81%1995: 12.74%1996: 12.94%1998: 12.55%1999: 12.72%2000: 13.52%2001: 12.7%2002: 12.48%2003: 12.87%2004: 13.66%2005: 13.68%2006: 13.55%2007: 13.23%2008: 13.13%2009: 13.13%2010: 9.32%2011: 12.34%2012: 13.52%2013: 13.15%2014: 12.97%2015: 12.92%2016: 13.31%2017: 13.37%2018: 13.34%2019: 13.53%2020: 11.97%2021: 12.33%
Change over the period: −2.44 pp Annual average: -0.06 pp

Comparison, 2021

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Ireland

Ireland 12.33%
World 12.79%
Europe & Central Asia 11.52%
Northern Europe computed 12.83%
Education expenditure in the budget — Ireland, by year Ireland All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 12.33 +0.37 pp
2020 11.97 −1.56 pp
2019 13.53 +0.19 pp
2018 13.34 −0.03 pp
2017 13.37 +0.06 pp
2016 13.31 +0.39 pp
2015 12.92 −0.05 pp
2014 12.97 −0.18 pp
2013 13.15 −0.37 pp
2012 13.52 +1.18 pp
2011 12.34 +3.01 pp
2010 9.32 −3.81 pp
2009 13.13 −0 pp
2008 13.13 −0.1 pp
2007 13.23 −0.32 pp
2006 13.55 −0.14 pp
2005 13.68 +0.03 pp
2004 13.66 +0.79 pp
2003 12.87 +0.39 pp
2002 12.48 −0.22 pp
2001 12.7 −0.81 pp
2000 13.52 +0.8 pp
1999 12.72 +0.17 pp
1998 12.55 —
1996 12.94 +0.2 pp
1995 12.74 −0.07 pp
1994 12.81 +0.76 pp
1993 12.04 +0.24 pp
1992 11.8 +0.38 pp
1991 11.42 −0.28 pp
1990 11.7 +0.77 pp
1989 10.93 +0.39 pp
1988 10.54 −0.06 pp
1987 10.6 +0.77 pp
1986 9.82 −1.41 pp
1985 11.23 −0.06 pp
1984 11.29 −0.33 pp
1983 11.61 −1.45 pp
1982 13.06 −1.71 pp
1981 14.78 —

Northern Europe, 2021

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

IS Iceland 16.59 SE Sweden 15.55 NO Norway 15.03 DK Denmark 14.08 EE Estonia 12.39 IE Ireland 12.33 FI Finland 11.95 GB United Kingdom 11.82 LT Lithuania 11.36 LV Latvia 10.69
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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.

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