Public Spending On Education

Europe Ranking

percent of public spendingSource: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1	Moldova	19.46	2019	1	17.57
2 ↑	Iceland	17.22	2018	4	15.97
3 ↑	Belarus	16.54	2021	15	12.9
4 ↑	Ukraine	15.81	2020	13	13.14
5 ↓	Cyprus	15.68	2017	3	16.02
6	Sweden	15.67	2018	6	15.69
7 ↓	Norway	15.63	2018	5	15.94
8 ↓	Switzerland	15.53	2018	7	15.46
9 ↓	Faroe Islands	15.41	2019	2	17.37
10	Denmark	15.34	2017	10	13.83
11 ↓	San Marino	15.06	2019	8	14.49
12 ↑	Albania	13.44	2019	19	12.39
13 ↑	Estonia	13.39	2018	17	12.75
14 ↓	Malta	13.37	2017	9	14.17
15 ↓	United Kingdom	13.34	2018	11	13.76
16 ↓	Ireland	13.2	2018	12	13.2
17 ↓	Georgia	12.95	2018	14	12.95
18	Netherlands	12.91	2018	18	12.42
19 ↑	Bulgaria	12.73	2017	23	11.44
20	Belgium	12.22	2018	20	12.35
21	Finland	11.75	2018	21	11.86
22	Lithuania	11.74	2018	22	11.77
23 ↑	Slovenia	11.34	2018	28	10.85
24 ↓	Latvia	11.15	2018	16	12.89
25 ↓	Poland	11.12	2018	24	11.06
26	Germany	10.91	2016	26	11
27 ↓	Portugal	10.81	2018	24	11.06
28 ↓	Austria	10.73	2018	27	10.93
29 ↑	Czech Republic	10.51	2018	31	9.76
30 ↑	Romania	10.46	2018	34	9.51
31 ↑	Andorra	10.26	2021	36	8.99
32 ↓	Hungary	10.08	2018	30	9.94
33 ↓	Spain	10.03	2018	29	10.21
34 ↓	France	9.72	2018	32	9.65
35 ↓	Slovakia	9.51	2018	33	9.52
36 ↑	Italy	8.8	2018	40	8.3
37 ↑	Luxembourg	8.68	2018	39	8.47
38 ↑	Macedonia	8.64	2002	44
38 ↓	Croatia	8.64	2017	35	9.46
40 ↓	Serbia	8.6	2019	37	8.8
41 ↓	Armenia	8.28	2021	38	8.68
42 ↓	Greece	7.43	2018	41	7.18
43	Angola	6.92	2021	43	6.47
44 ↓	Monaco	5.03	2019	42	6.98

Definition of Public Spending On Education

General government expenditure on education (current, capital, and transfers) is expressed as a percentage of total general government expenditure on all sectors (including health, education, social services, etc.). It includes expenditure funded by transfers from international sources to government. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments.