Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Czechia
Czechia: Proportion of total government spending on essential services was 10.0% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Czechia, 2000–2022
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
In 2022, proportion of total government spending on essential services in Czechia stood at 10.0%.
That represents a change of down 3.1% on the previous year and up 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of total government spending on essential services in Czechia peaked at 14.0% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 8.4%, in 2003.
Czechia ranks 127th of 170 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Czechia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 8.9% | — |
| 2001 | 8.6% | -3.4% |
| 2002 | 8.9% | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 8.4% | -5.4% |
| 2004 | 9.4% | +12.5% |
| 2005 | 9.1% | -3.3% |
| 2006 | 10.1% | +10.9% |
| 2007 | 9.5% | -6.0% |
| 2008 | 9.1% | -4.1% |
| 2009 | 9.3% | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 9.2% | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 9.8% | +6.2% |
| 2012 | 9.4% | -3.8% |
| 2013 | 9.5% | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 9.3% | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 13.7% | +47.4% |
| 2016 | 14.0% | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 9.8% | -30.1% |
| 2018 | 10.5% | +7.6% |
| 2019 | 11.1% | +5.3% |
| 2020 | 10.0% | -9.6% |
| 2021 | 10.3% | +3.3% |
| 2022 | 10.0% | -3.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.1% | 8.4% | 10.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.6% | 9.2% | 14.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.1% | 10.0% | 10.3% | 3 |
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More education data for Czechia
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 25,979 (2013)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 63.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of total government spending on essential services in Czechia?
- Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Czechia was 10.0% in 2022, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of total government spending on essential services recorded in Czechia?
- The highest recorded value was 14.0% in 2016.
- What is the lowest proportion of total government spending on essential services recorded in Czechia?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.4% in 2003.
- How does Czechia rank for proportion of total government spending on essential services?
- Czechia ranks 127th out of 170 countries with data for 2022.
- Is proportion of total government spending on essential services rising or falling in Czechia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Czechia data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Proportion of total government spending on essential services, education [UIS methodology] (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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