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Belgium — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Belgium, 1975–2022.
Latest value · 2022
6.28%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +8.9% since 1975
Education spending for Belgium was 6.28% in 2022, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 31 years, from 1975 to 2022. The highest recorded value was 6.75% in 2020. The lowest was 2.99% in 1995 (about 2.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.18% per year.
Belgium ranks 21 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 12%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 4.59%, so Belgium sits above it. It peaked in 2020 and has fallen 7% since. Over the last decade (2012–2022) the figure moved down 4%.
Key figures
Latest (2022)
6.28%
First (1975)
5.76%
Change
+8.9%
Highest
6.75%
in 2020
Lowest
2.99%
in 1995
Average
5.73%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.18%
Years of data
31
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 6.28% |
| 2021 | 6.38% |
| 2020 | 6.75% |
| 2019 | 6.32% |
| 2018 | 6.39% |
| 2017 | 6.45% |
| 2016 | 6.49% |
| 2015 | 6.47% |
| 2014 | 6.56% |
| 2013 | 6.6% |
| 2012 | 6.57% |
| 2011 | 6.38% |
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.