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France — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for France, 1970–2022.
Latest value · 2022
5.32%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +53.6% since 1970
Education spending for France was 5.32% in 2022, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 34 years, from 1970 to 2022. The highest recorded value was 5.81% in 1995. The lowest was 3.21% in 1971 (about 1.7× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.83% per year.
France ranks 40 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 23%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 4.59%, so France sits above it. It peaked in 1995 and has fallen 8% since. Over the last decade (2017–2022) the figure moved down 3%.
Key figures
Latest (2022)
5.32%
First (1970)
3.47%
Change
+53.6%
Highest
5.81%
in 1995
Lowest
3.21%
in 1971
Average
4.77%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.83%
Years of data
34
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 5.32% |
| 2021 | 5.42% |
| 2020 | 5.66% |
| 2019 | 5.37% |
| 2018 | 5.43% |
| 2017 | 5.46% |
| 1998 | 5.71% |
| 1996 | 5.78% |
| 1995 | 5.81% |
| 1994 | 5.66% |
| 1993 | 5.46% |
| 1992 | 4.78% |
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.