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Germany — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Germany, 1993–2022.
Latest value · 2022
5.24%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +19.3% since 1993
Education spending for Germany was 5.24% in 2022, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 19 years, from 1993 to 2022. The highest recorded value was 5.52% in 2020. The lowest was 4.32% in 1994 (about 1.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.61% per year.
Germany ranks 47 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 27%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 4.59%, so Germany sits above it. It peaked in 2020 and has fallen 5% since. Over the last decade (2012–2022) the figure moved up 8%.
Key figures
Latest (2022)
5.24%
First (1993)
4.39%
Change
+19.3%
Highest
5.52%
in 2020
Lowest
4.32%
in 1994
Average
4.80%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.61%
Years of data
19
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 5.24% |
| 2021 | 5.37% |
| 2020 | 5.52% |
| 2019 | 5.03% |
| 2018 | 4.88% |
| 2017 | 4.78% |
| 2016 | 4.76% |
| 2015 | 4.76% |
| 2014 | 4.83% |
| 2013 | 4.84% |
| 2012 | 4.83% |
| 2011 | 4.89% |
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.