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Education expenditure in the budget — Switzerland

Education expenditure in the budget in Switzerland in 2022 — 15.42%. Ranked 51 in the world out of 156. Since 1981, the indicator has risen by 15.42 pp.

2022 15.42% +0.81 pp vs 2021
World rank 51of 156
Period maximum 17.18%1990
Period minimum 0%1981

Trend over time

1981–2022 · % of government expenditure

Education expenditure in the budget — Switzerland, 1981–2022051015201981198619911996200120062011201620211981: 0%1982: 0%1983: 0%1984: 15.59%1985: 15.52%1986: 15.73%1987: 15.45%1988: 16.16%1989: 15.82%1990: 17.18%1991: 17.17%1993: 16.16%1994: 15.51%1995: 15.31%1996: 15.28%1998: 14.55%1999: 14.33%2000: 14.45%2001: 15.26%2002: 15.18%2003: 16.2%2004: 16.1%2005: 15.7%2006: 15.85%2007: 15.56%2008: 15.89%2009: 15.52%2010: 15.29%2011: 15.45%2012: 15.47%2013: 15.09%2014: 15.32%2015: 15.39%2016: 15.36%2017: 15.46%2018: 15.53%2019: 15.68%2020: 14.27%2021: 14.61%2022: 15.42%
Change over the period: +15.42 pp Annual average: 0.38 pp

Comparison, 2022

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

Switzerland 15.42%
World 13.11%
Europe & Central Asia 11.68%
Western Europe computed 10.59%
Education expenditure in the budget — Switzerland, by year Switzerland All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 15.42 +0.81 pp
2021 14.61 +0.33 pp
2020 14.27 −1.4 pp
2019 15.68 +0.15 pp
2018 15.53 +0.06 pp
2017 15.46 +0.1 pp
2016 15.36 −0.03 pp
2015 15.39 +0.07 pp
2014 15.32 +0.23 pp
2013 15.09 −0.38 pp
2012 15.47 +0.03 pp
2011 15.45 +0.16 pp
2010 15.29 −0.23 pp
2009 15.52 −0.36 pp
2008 15.89 +0.32 pp
2007 15.56 −0.29 pp
2006 15.85 +0.15 pp
2005 15.7 −0.39 pp
2004 16.1 −0.1 pp
2003 16.2 +1.02 pp
2002 15.18 −0.07 pp
2001 15.26 +0.8 pp
2000 14.45 +0.12 pp
1999 14.33 −0.22 pp
1998 14.55 —
1996 15.28 −0.03 pp
1995 15.31 −0.2 pp
1994 15.51 −0.65 pp
1993 16.16 —
1991 17.17 −0.01 pp
1990 17.18 +1.37 pp
1989 15.82 −0.34 pp
1988 16.16 +0.7 pp
1987 15.45 −0.28 pp
1986 15.73 +0.21 pp
1985 15.52 −0.07 pp
1984 15.59 +15.59 pp
1983 0 +0 pp
1982 0 +0 pp
1981 0 —

Western Europe, 2022

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

CH Switzerland 15.42 BE Belgium 12.01 NL Netherlands 11.97 DE Germany 10.68 AT Austria 9.96 FR France 9.12 LU Luxembourg 8.45
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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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