Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Czechia
Czechia: Government spending on education as a share of GDP was 4.3% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Czechia, 1992–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2022, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Czechia stood at 4.3%.
That represents a change of down 7.5% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Czechia peaked at 5.7% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 3.6%, in 1998.
Czechia ranks 93rd of 199 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.1% | 3.6% | 4.6% | 7 |
| 2000s | 3.9% | 3.6% | 4.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.4% | 3.8% | 5.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.5% | 4.3% | 4.7% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Czechia
- 90 Afghanistan 4.3% compare
- 91 Latvia 4.3% compare
- 92 Poland 4.3% compare
- 94 Turkmenistan 4.3% compare
- 95 Puerto Rico 4.3% compare
- 96 Lithuania 4.3% compare
More education data for Czechia
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 63.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 99.7% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers 25,979 (2013)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.46 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 99.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government spending on education as a share of gdp in Czechia?
- Government spending on education as a share of gdp in Czechia was 4.3% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Czechia?
- The highest recorded value was 5.7% in 2015.
- What is the lowest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Czechia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.6% in 1998.
- How does Czechia rank for government spending on education as a share of gdp?
- Czechia ranks 93rd out of 199 countries with data for 2022.
- Is government spending on education as a share of gdp rising or falling in Czechia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Czechia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Government spending on education as a share of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Total annual general government spending on all levels of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP.