Public educational expenditure by education level, programme orientation, type of source and expenditure category by country

Countries reporting
32
Highest
43,631 Million euro
Germany
Lowest
34.9 Million euro
Serbia
Median
1,572 Million euro
Years covered
12
2012–2023
Data points
358

What the numbers show

Public educational expenditure by education level, programme orientation, type of source and expenditure category is currently reported for 32 countries. The highest value is 43,631 Million euro in Germany; the lowest is 34.9 Million euro in Serbia.

The median across all reporting countries is 1,572 Million euro, and the mean is 4,487 Million euro.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,250.

Over the past decade 30 countries rose and 2 fell. The largest increase was in Bosnia and Herzegovina (up 21,603.3%), and the largest decrease in United Kingdom (down 15.7%).

Public educational expenditure by education level, programme orientati: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Germany 43,631 Million euro 2023 up 139.4% rising
2 France 18,612 Million euro 2023 up 26.2% rising
3 Italy 9,337 Million euro 2023 up 28.1% rising
4 Spain 9,153 Million euro 2023 up 41.8% rising
5 Sweden 8,450 Million euro 2023 up 5.7% rising
6 United Kingdom 6,021 Million euro 2020 down 15.7% falling
7 Poland 6,013 Million euro 2023 up 159.7% rising
8 Norway 5,328 Million euro 2023 down 5.6% flat
9 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4,558 Million euro 2022 up 21,603.3% volatile
10 Netherlands 4,011 Million euro 2023 up 60.1% rising
11 Switzerland 3,614 Million euro 2023 up 287.1% rising
12 Denmark 3,507 Million euro 2023 up 15.0% rising
13 Austria 3,504 Million euro 2023 up 98.4% rising
14 Finland 3,470 Million euro 2023 up 53.2% rising
15 Türkiye 2,556 Million euro 2023 up 84.0% rising
16 Czechia 1,876 Million euro 2023 up 120.0% rising
17 Hungary 1,267 Million euro 2023 up 49.0% rising
18 Romania 1,263 Million euro 2023 up 135.5% rising
19 Bulgaria 1,047 Million euro 2023 up 142.1% rising
20 Portugal 1,009 Million euro 2023 up 42.5% rising
21 Slovakia 874.6 Million euro 2023 up 167.1% rising
22 Lithuania 809.2 Million euro 2023 up 270.5% rising
23 Ireland 685.5 Million euro 2022 up 253.2% rising
24 Slovenia 524.9 Million euro 2023 up 51.4% rising
25 Iceland 491.9 Million euro 2023 up 193.1% rising
26 Estonia 477.7 Million euro 2023 up 617.3% rising
27 Luxembourg 461.7 Million euro 2023 up 85.6% rising
28 Latvia 443.6 Million euro 2023 up 135.6% rising
29 Croatia 376.6 Million euro 2022 up 55.4% rising
30 Cyprus 91.6 Million euro 2023 up 43.6% rising
31 Malta 68.9 Million euro 2023 up 110.1% rising
32 Serbia 34.9 Million euro 2022 up 75.4% rising

About this data

Indicator
Public educational expenditure by education level, programme orientation, type of source and expenditure category
Unit
Million euro
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
33 places, 358 data points, 2012–2023
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