Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Ukraine
Ukraine: Government spending on education as a share of GDP was 5.1% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Ukraine, 1970–2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Ukraine recorded 5.1% for government spending on education as a share of gdp in 2021.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.5% on the previous year and down 13.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Ukraine peaked at 7.1% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 3.6%, in 1999.
That places Ukraine 60th out of 199 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 4.6% | 4.6% | 4.6% | 1 |
| 1990s | 4.5% | 3.6% | 5.5% | 3 |
| 2000s | 5.5% | 4.0% | 7.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.7% | 5.0% | 6.4% | 9 |
| 2020s | 5.3% | 5.1% | 5.4% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Ukraine
More education data for Ukraine
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 67.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 13.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 10 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 93.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 105,694 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 0.988 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 94.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government spending on education as a share of gdp in Ukraine?
- Government spending on education as a share of gdp in Ukraine was 5.1% in 2021, 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 Ukraine?
- The highest recorded value was 7.1% in 2009.
- What is the lowest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Ukraine?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.6% in 1999.
- How does Ukraine rank for government spending on education as a share of gdp?
- Ukraine ranks 60th out of 199 countries with data for 2021.
- Is government spending on education as a share of gdp rising or falling in Ukraine?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ukraine 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.