Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Greece
Greece: Government spending on education as a share of GDP was 3.4% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Greece, 1970–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Greece recorded 3.4% for government spending on education as a share of gdp in 2022.
That represents a change of down 4.9% on the previous year and down 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Greece peaked at 4.1% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 1.1%, in 1973.
Greece ranks 131st of 199 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.4% | 1.1% | 1.7% | 8 |
| 1980s | 1.8% | 1.7% | 2.0% | 8 |
| 1990s | 2.5% | 2.0% | 3.1% | 4 |
| 2000s | 3.6% | 3.4% | 4.1% | 6 |
| 2010s | 3.6% | 3.5% | 3.7% | 4 |
| 2020s | 3.4% | 3.4% | 3.4% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Greece
More education data for Greece
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 62.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 12.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 102.0% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers 70,680 (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.34 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 101.8% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government spending on education as a share of gdp in Greece?
- Government spending on education as a share of gdp in Greece was 3.4% 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 Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 4.1% in 2005.
- What is the lowest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.1% in 1973.
- How does Greece rank for government spending on education as a share of gdp?
- Greece ranks 131st out of 199 countries with data for 2022.
- Is government spending on education as a share of gdp rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greece 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.