Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Lithuania
Lithuania: Government spending on education as a share of GDP was 4.3% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Lithuania, 1993–2022
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 Lithuania stood at 4.3%.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 11.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Lithuania peaked at 6.1% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 3.8%, in 2017.
That places Lithuania 96th out of 199 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 28 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.0% | 3.9% | 6.1% | 6 |
| 2000s | 5.2% | 4.6% | 5.8% | 9 |
| 2010s | 4.4% | 3.8% | 5.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.3% | 4.2% | 4.5% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Lithuania
More education data for Lithuania
- Duration of pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.5% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 100.5% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 8,888 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.21 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 100.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government spending on education as a share of gdp in Lithuania?
- Government spending on education as a share of gdp in Lithuania 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 Lithuania?
- The highest recorded value was 6.1% in 1998.
- What is the lowest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Lithuania?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.8% in 2017.
- How does Lithuania rank for government spending on education as a share of gdp?
- Lithuania ranks 96th out of 199 countries with data for 2022.
- Is government spending on education as a share of gdp rising or falling in Lithuania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lithuania 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.