Education expenditure in the budget in the OECD in 2022 — 11.53%. Since 1981, the indicator has risen by 2.27 pp.
1981–2022 · % of government expenditure
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: OECD
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 11.53 | +0.04 pp |
| 2021 | 11.49 | −0.29 pp |
| 2020 | 11.78 | −0.23 pp |
| 2019 | 12.01 | −0.12 pp |
| 2018 | 12.13 | −0.02 pp |
| 2017 | 12.15 | −0.85 pp |
| 2016 | 12.99 | +0.22 pp |
| 2015 | 12.78 | +0.39 pp |
| 2014 | 12.39 | −0.14 pp |
| 2013 | 12.53 | +0.66 pp |
| 2012 | 11.86 | −0.42 pp |
| 2011 | 12.28 | +0.33 pp |
| 2010 | 11.95 | −0.44 pp |
| 2009 | 12.39 | −0.08 pp |
| 2008 | 12.47 | −0.29 pp |
| 2007 | 12.77 | +0.05 pp |
| 2006 | 12.71 | +0.46 pp |
| 2005 | 12.25 | −0.53 pp |
| 2004 | 12.78 | −0.05 pp |
| 2003 | 12.83 | +0.33 pp |
| 2002 | 12.5 | +0.29 pp |
| 2001 | 12.21 | −0.69 pp |
| 2000 | 12.9 | +0.63 pp |
| 1999 | 12.27 | +0.59 pp |
| 1998 | 11.67 | — |
| 1996 | 11.63 | +0.98 pp |
| 1995 | 10.66 | −0.26 pp |
| 1994 | 10.92 | +0.74 pp |
| 1993 | 10.18 | +0.62 pp |
| 1992 | 9.56 | −1.24 pp |
| 1991 | 10.8 | +0.53 pp |
| 1990 | 10.27 | −0.8 pp |
| 1989 | 11.07 | +0.95 pp |
| 1988 | 10.12 | +1.09 pp |
| 1987 | 9.03 | −0 pp |
| 1986 | 9.03 | +0.03 pp |
| 1985 | 9 | — |
| 1983 | 3.56 | −4.1 pp |
| 1982 | 7.66 | −1.6 pp |
| 1981 | 9.26 | — |
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.
Government spending on education at all levels as a percentage of GDP.
Defense Military expenditure share of the budgetWhat part of government spending goes to defense.
Public Finance Government expenseHow much the state spends in a year — including wages, pensions, benefits and interest on debt.
Education Harmonized test scoresWhat children have actually learned — a score on a scale that brings different international tests together.