Distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on in Spain
Spain: Distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on was 0.7545 Percentage of GDP in 2023. ▲ Rising
Distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on in Spain, 2000–2023
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of GDP.
Analysis
In 2023, distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on in Spain stood at 0.7545 Percentage of GDP.
The figure is up 4.5% on the previous year and down 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on in Spain peaked at 0.9147 Percentage of GDP in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.4376 Percentage of GDP, in 2000.
Spain ranks 11th of 23 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on in Spain, year by year
| Year | Percentage of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.4376 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 2005 | 0.6 Percentage of GDP | +37.1% |
| 2008 | 0.8068 Percentage of GDP | +34.5% |
| 2009 | 0.899 Percentage of GDP | +11.4% |
| 2010 | 0.9122 Percentage of GDP | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 0.9147 Percentage of GDP | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.8974 Percentage of GDP | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 0.8241 Percentage of GDP | -8.2% |
| 2014 | 0.8048 Percentage of GDP | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 0.7851 Percentage of GDP | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 0.761 Percentage of GDP | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 0.743 Percentage of GDP | -2.4% |
| 2018 | 0.7337 Percentage of GDP | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 0.7347 Percentage of GDP | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.8221 Percentage of GDP | +11.9% |
| 2021 | 0.7661 Percentage of GDP | -6.8% |
| 2022 | 0.7222 Percentage of GDP | -5.7% |
| 2023 | 0.7545 Percentage of GDP | +4.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.6859 Percentage of GDP | 0.4376 Percentage of GDP | 0.899 Percentage of GDP | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.8111 Percentage of GDP | 0.7337 Percentage of GDP | 0.9147 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7662 Percentage of GDP | 0.7222 Percentage of GDP | 0.8221 Percentage of GDP | 4 |
Countries ranked near Spain
More education data for Spain
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 538,977 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 3.71 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 2.83 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -1.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.058 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.83 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -1.08 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on in Spain?
- Distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on in Spain was 0.7545 Percentage of GDP in 2023, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9147 Percentage of GDP in 2011.
- What is the lowest distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4376 Percentage of GDP in 2000.
- How does Spain rank for distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on?
- Spain ranks 11th out of 23 countries with data for 2023.
- Is distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Spain data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on educational institutions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.