Distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on educational institutions by country
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...
What the numbers show
Distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on educational institutions is currently reported for 30 countries. The highest value is 1.85 Percentage of GDP in Iceland; the lowest is 0.148 Percentage of GDP in Ireland.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.8064 Percentage of GDP, and the mean is 0.8684 Percentage of GDP.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 12.
Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Estonia (up 276.0%), and the largest decrease in Bulgaria (down 45.3%).
Distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iceland | 1.85 Percentage of GDP | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 1 | Estonia | 1.39 Percentage of GDP | 2023 | up 276.0% | rising |
| 2 | Sweden | 1.63 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 2 | Lithuania | 1.24 Percentage of GDP | 2023 | up 67.3% | rising |
| 2 | Croatia | 0.7671 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 3 | Norway | 1.34 Percentage of GDP | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 3 | Latvia | 1.17 Percentage of GDP | 2023 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 4 | Finland | 1.33 Percentage of GDP | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 4 | Slovenia | 1.03 Percentage of GDP | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 5 | Denmark | 1.24 Percentage of GDP | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 5 | Poland | 0.9237 Percentage of GDP | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 6 | Israel | 1.17 Percentage of GDP | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 6 | Netherlands | 0.4194 Percentage of GDP | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 7 | Germany | 1.13 Percentage of GDP | 2023 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 8 | Chile | 0.9667 Percentage of GDP | 2023 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 9 | Bulgaria | 0.9464 Percentage of GDP | 2023 | down 45.3% | falling |
| 10 | Austria | 0.8458 Percentage of GDP | 2023 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 11 | Spain | 0.7545 Percentage of GDP | 2023 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 12 | Australia | 0.7359 Percentage of GDP | 2023 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 13 | France | 0.7116 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 14 | Hungary | 0.7029 Percentage of GDP | 2023 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 15 | Czechia | 0.6118 Percentage of GDP | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 16 | Luxembourg | 0.5801 Percentage of GDP | 2023 | up 9.5% | flat |
| 17 | Portugal | 0.5363 Percentage of GDP | 2023 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 18 | Italy | 0.4981 Percentage of GDP | 2023 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 19 | Mexico | 0.4958 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 20 | Romania | 0.4146 Percentage of GDP | 2023 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 21 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.3358 Percentage of GDP | 2023 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 22 | Japan | 0.1495 Percentage of GDP | 2023 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 23 | Ireland | 0.148 Percentage of GDP | 2022 | up 15.4% | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Slovak Republic 0.7705 Percentage of GDP
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.