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Denmark — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Denmark, 1970–2022.
Latest value · 2022
6.36%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +6.7% since 1970
Education spending for Denmark was 6.36% in 2022, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 43 years, from 1970 to 2022. The highest recorded value was 8.55% in 2010. The lowest was 5.58% in 1979 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.13% per year.
Denmark ranks 20 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 12%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 4.59%, so Denmark sits above it. It peaked in 2010 and has fallen 26% since. Over the last decade (2012–2022) the figure moved down 12%.
Key figures
Latest (2022)
6.36%
First (1970)
5.96%
Change
+6.7%
Highest
8.55%
in 2010
Lowest
5.58%
in 1979
Average
7.18%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.13%
Years of data
43
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 6.36% |
| 2021 | 6.96% |
| 2020 | 7.39% |
| 2019 | 7.28% |
| 2018 | 7.33% |
| 2017 | 7.37% |
| 2016 | 7.72% |
| 2014 | 7.64% |
| 2013 | 8.47% |
| 2012 | 7.25% |
| 2011 | 8.48% |
| 2010 | 8.55% |
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.