Education expenditure in the budget — all countries

Education expenditure in the budget — Western Europe

Education expenditure in the budget in Western Europe in 2022 — 10.59%. Since 1981, the indicator has risen by 0.41 pp.

2022 10.59% +0.16 pp vs 2021
World rank
Period maximum 11.41%2016
Period minimum 9.14%1987

Trend over time

1981–2022 · % of government expenditure

Education expenditure in the budget — Western Europe, 1981–202291011121981198619911996200120062011201620211981: 10.18%1982: 9.82%1983: 9.22%1986: 9.29%1987: 9.14%1988: 9.2%1993: 10.12%1994: 10.01%1995: 9.94%1996: 9.27%1998: 10.09%2008: 10.88%2010: 11%2011: 11.3%2012: 11.21%2013: 11.26%2014: 11.32%2015: 11.32%2016: 11.41%2017: 10.74%2018: 10.91%2019: 10.96%2020: 10.45%2021: 10.43%2022: 10.59%
Change over the period: +0.41 pp Annual average: 0.01 pp

Comparison, 2022

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

Western Europe 10.59%
World 13.11%
Education expenditure in the budget — Western Europe, by year Western Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 10.59 +0.16 pp
2021 10.43 −0.01 pp
2020 10.45 −0.51 pp
2019 10.96 +0.04 pp
2018 10.91 +0.18 pp
2017 10.74 −0.67 pp
2016 11.41 +0.09 pp
2015 11.32 −0.01 pp
2014 11.32 +0.07 pp
2013 11.26 +0.04 pp
2012 11.21 −0.08 pp
2011 11.3 +0.29 pp
2010 11
2008 10.88
1998 10.09
1996 9.27 −0.68 pp
1995 9.94 −0.07 pp
1994 10.01 −0.11 pp
1993 10.12
1988 9.2 +0.06 pp
1987 9.14 −0.15 pp
1986 9.29
1983 9.22 −0.6 pp
1982 9.82 −0.36 pp
1981 10.18

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.