General Government Expenditure on Education

This key economic indicator for the Education sector has been recently updated.

  1. Costa Rica rose 0.6points of General Government Expenditure on Education in 2019, from a year earlier.
  2. Since 2014 Costa Rica General Government Expenditure on Education grew 1.2points year on year reaching 7.99 Percent of GDP.
  3. In 2019 Sweden was number 4 in General Government Expenditure on Education.

Top Countries in General Government Expenditure on Education

Percent of GDP - 1970 to 2019

# 27 Countries Percent of GDP Last YoY 5‑years CAGR
1 #1
Costa Rica
7.99 % 2019 +0.6 % +1.2 % View data
2 #2
Iceland
7.34 % 2019 -0.4 % -0.1 % View data
3 #3
Israel
6.97 % 2019 -1.9 % +0.1 % View data
4 #4
Sweden
6.85 % 2019 -0.5 % +1.0 % View data
5 #5
Denmark
6.42 % 2019 +0.3 % -2.1 % View data
6 #6
Belgium
6.25 % 2019 +0.6 % -0.2 % View data
7 #7
Estonia
6.03 % 2019 -3.0 % +1.9 % View data
8 #8
United States
5.94 % 2019 +0.1 % -0.7 % View data
9 #9
Australia
5.82 % 2019 -0.4 % +0.3 % View data
10 #10
Latvia
5.77 % 2019 -0.8 % -0.5 % View data
11 #11
Chile
5.54 % 2019 +1.4 % +4.7 % View data
12 #12
Finland
5.51 % 2019 +0.0 % -2.8 % View data
13 #13
Norway
5.47 % 2019 +1.4 % +1.3 % View data
14 #14
Slovenia
5.32 % 2019 -1.4 % -2.3 % View data
15 #15
Hungary
5.01 % 2019 -0.5 % -0.8 % View data
16 #16
Poland
4.91 % 2019 -1.8 % -1.5 % View data
17 #17
United Kingdom
4.83 % 2019 -0.4 % -2.1 % View data
18 #18
Austria
4.78 % 2019 -0.0 % -0.6 % View data
19 #19
Lithuania
4.45 % 2019 -2.1 % -2.4 % View data
20 #20
Luxembourg
4.43 % 2019 -1.0 % -1.2 % View data
21 #21
Czech Republic
4.40 % 2019 -3.6 % -2.8 % View data
22 #22
Colombia
4.26 % 2019 +1.6 % -1.0 % View data
23 #23
Germany
4.13 % 2019 -0.5 % -0.8 % View data
24 #24
Slovakia
3.95 % 2019 -0.5 % -0.4 % View data
25 #25
Italy
3.89 % 2019 -1.3 % -0.7 % View data
26 #26
Japan
3.28 % 2019 -0.6 % -1.7 % View data
27 #27
Ireland
3.03 % 2019 -4.2 % -6.8 % View data

Source: OECD

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