Education expenditure in the budget — all countries

Education expenditure in the budget — Northern Europe

Education expenditure in the budget in Northern Europe in 2021 — 12.83%. Since 1995, the indicator has risen by 0.71 pp.

2021 12.83% −1.14 pp vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 14.64%2012
Period minimum 12.12%1995

Trend over time

1995–2021 · % of government expenditure

Education expenditure in the budget — Northern Europe, 1995–20211213141519951998200120042007201020132016201920211995: 12.12%1996: 12.22%1998: 12.75%1999: 12.29%2000: 12.66%2001: 12.84%2002: 13.66%2003: 13.59%2004: 13.31%2005: 13.44%2006: 13.35%2007: 13.25%2008: 13.16%2009: 13%2010: 13.07%2011: 12.99%2012: 14.64%2013: 13.76%2014: 13.94%2015: 13.88%2016: 14%2017: 14.18%2018: 13.9%2019: 14.05%2020: 13.97%2021: 12.83%
Change over the period: +0.71 pp Annual average: 0.03 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Northern Europe 12.83%
World 12.79%
Education expenditure in the budget — Northern Europe, by year Northern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 12.83 −1.14 pp
2020 13.97 −0.08 pp
2019 14.05 +0.15 pp
2018 13.9 −0.29 pp
2017 14.18 +0.18 pp
2016 14 +0.13 pp
2015 13.88 −0.06 pp
2014 13.94 +0.18 pp
2013 13.76 −0.88 pp
2012 14.64 +1.64 pp
2011 12.99 −0.08 pp
2010 13.07 +0.07 pp
2009 13 −0.16 pp
2008 13.16 −0.09 pp
2007 13.25 −0.09 pp
2006 13.35 −0.09 pp
2005 13.44 +0.13 pp
2004 13.31 −0.28 pp
2003 13.59 −0.07 pp
2002 13.66 +0.82 pp
2001 12.84 +0.18 pp
2000 12.66 +0.37 pp
1999 12.29 −0.46 pp
1998 12.75
1996 12.22 +0.1 pp
1995 12.12

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.