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Austria — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Austria, 1970–2022.
Latest value · 2022
5.28%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +26.8% since 1970
Education spending for Austria was 5.28% in 2022, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 51 years, from 1970 to 2022. The highest recorded value was 6.14% in 1998. The lowest was 4.16% in 1970 (about 1.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.46% per year.
Austria ranks 44 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 26%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 4.59%, so Austria sits above it. It peaked in 1998 and has fallen 14% since. Over the last decade (2012–2022) the figure moved down 4%.
Key figures
Latest (2022)
5.28%
First (1970)
4.16%
Change
+26.8%
Highest
6.14%
in 1998
Lowest
4.16%
in 1970
Average
5.29%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.46%
Years of data
51
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 5.28% |
| 2021 | 5.48% |
| 2020 | 5.58% |
| 2019 | 5.24% |
| 2018 | 5.25% |
| 2017 | 5.4% |
| 2016 | 5.51% |
| 2015 | 5.49% |
| 2014 | 5.5% |
| 2013 | 5.59% |
| 2012 | 5.52% |
| 2011 | 5.63% |
Reading this correctly. Total general government expenditure on education, expressed as a percentage of GDP. Includes both current and capital spending. Figures are in % of GDP. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS — Government Education Spending (% of GDP). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.