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Estonia — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Estonia, 1992–2022.
Latest value · 2022
5.21%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · -1.4% since 1992
Education spending for Estonia was 5.21% in 2022, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 30 years, from 1992 to 2022. The highest recorded value was 6.65% in 1999. The lowest was 4.33% in 2014 (about 1.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.05% per year.
Estonia ranks 50 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 29%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 4.59%, so Estonia sits above it. It peaked in 1999 and has fallen 22% since. Over the last decade (2012–2022) the figure moved up 11%.
Key figures
Latest (2022)
5.21%
First (1992)
5.28%
Change
-1.4%
Highest
6.65%
in 1999
Lowest
4.33%
in 2014
Average
5.34%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.05%
Years of data
30
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 5.21% |
| 2021 | 5.22% |
| 2020 | 5.44% |
| 2019 | 5.16% |
| 2018 | 5.14% |
| 2017 | 4.86% |
| 2016 | 5.06% |
| 2015 | 5.05% |
| 2014 | 4.33% |
| 2013 | 4.78% |
| 2012 | 4.67% |
| 2011 | 5% |
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.