Czechia — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Czechia, 1992–2022.
Education spending for Czechia was 4.30% in 2022, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 30 years, from 1992 to 2022. The highest recorded value was 5.72% in 2015. The lowest was 3.56% in 1998 (about 1.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.48% per year.
Czechia ranks 83 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 48%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 4.59%, so Czechia sits below it. It peaked in 2015 and has fallen 25% since. Over the last decade (2012–2022) the figure moved up 3%. Within Europe & Central Asia it ranks 28 of 45 economies; Lithuania (4.25%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 45% in 2015. That is 4% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
Doubling roughly every 144 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 34th of 57 in 1992 → 68th of 116 in 2000 → 71st of 130 in 2010 → 67th of 157 in 2020 → 71st of 150 in 2022.
Key figures
Full history — 1992 to 2022
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.3% | -0.3 pp |
| 2021 | 4.65% | +0.0 pp |
| 2020 | 4.63% | +0.2 pp |
| 2019 | 4.47% | +0.3 pp |
| 2018 | 4.22% | +0.5 pp |
| 2017 | 3.76% | -1.7 pp |
| 2016 | 5.5% | -0.2 pp |
| 2015 | 5.72% | +1.8 pp |
| 2014 | 3.94% | -0.1 pp |
| 2013 | 4.02% | -0.2 pp |
| 2012 | 4.19% | -0.0 pp |
| 2011 | 4.21% | +0.2 pp |
| 2010 | 3.99% | -0.2 pp |
| 2009 | 4.16% | +0.4 pp |
| 2008 | 3.73% | -0.1 pp |
| 2007 | 3.85% | -0.3 pp |
| 2006 | 4.2% | +0.3 pp |
| 2005 | 3.86% | -0.1 pp |
| 2004 | 3.98% | -0.1 pp |
| 2003 | 4.1% | +0.2 pp |
| 2002 | 3.94% | +0.2 pp |
| 2001 | 3.71% | +0.1 pp |
| 2000 | 3.62% | -0.0 pp |
| 1999 | 3.64% | +0.1 pp |
| 1998 | 3.56% | -0.7 pp |
| 1996 | 4.22% | -0.3 pp |
| 1995 | 4.49% | -0.1 pp |
| 1994 | 4.62% | +0.5 pp |
| 1993 | 4.13% | +0.4 pp |
| 1992 | 3.73% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Czechia’s Education spending in 1993?
4.13% (1993). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in % of GDP, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Czechia’s Education spending growing or shrinking?
Between 1992 and 2022 the series was growing overall: +15.5% in total — about 0.5% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2022: 4.3%; 2021: 4.65%; 2020: 4.63%; 2019: 4.47%; 2018: 4.22%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
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.