France vs Spain: Distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on
Distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on over time
- France
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 0.7545 Percentage of GDP against 0.7116 Percentage of GDP in France, a difference of 0.0429 Percentage of GDP.
That makes Spain's figure about 1.1 times France's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 17 shared years of data; in 2000 it was France ahead.
France ranks 13th and Spain ranks 11th of 23 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, France averaged higher in 1 and Spain in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | France | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.6916 Percentage of GDP | 0.6859 Percentage of GDP | 0.0057 Percentage of GDP | France |
| 2010s | 0.7286 Percentage of GDP | 0.8111 Percentage of GDP | 0.0825 Percentage of GDP | Spain |
| 2020s | 0.7254 Percentage of GDP | 0.7701 Percentage of GDP | 0.0448 Percentage of GDP | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on, France or Spain?
- Spain, at 0.7545 Percentage of GDP against 0.7116 Percentage of GDP in France as of 2023.
- What is the difference in distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on between France and Spain?
- 0.0429 Percentage of GDP, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for France and Spain?
- 17 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2022.
- How do France and Spain rank globally for distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on?
- France ranks 13th and Spain ranks 11th of 23 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on educational institutions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
This dataset contains data on government, private and expenditure on educational institutions. Government expenditure can be brokendown by central, regional (state) and local levels of government. Private sector can also be brokendown by households and other non-educational private sector. Expenditure are reported after transfers between entities, transfers can be from higher to lower levels of government, from the government to the private sector, or from non-domestic source to the government. The default table displays expenditure for the general government, the private sector and non-domestic sources in 2020 constant USD PPP (top section), in percentage of GDP (middle section), and in percentage (distribution by sector, in the bottom section), for the combined primary to tertiary levels of education, and for all public and private educational institutions. This can be changed to display data by: level of education, type of educational institution, level of financing source, local currency/USD PPP, and current/constant prices. Please note that the filters are inter related, meaning that selection in one category may impact the possibility to select options in another category. Please note that non-domestic expenditure is labelled "Rest of the world". Data for the latest available year are preliminary. Final data will be released on 29 September 2026. For more information, please consult the Education at a Glance web page.