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Greece — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Greece, 1970–2022.
Latest value · 2022
3.38%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +115.2% since 1970
Education spending for Greece was 3.38% in 2022, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 31 years, from 1970 to 2022. The highest recorded value was 4.05% in 2005. The lowest was 1.13% in 1973 (about 3.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.49% per year.
Greece ranks 118 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 69%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 4.59%, so Greece sits below it. It peaked in 2005 and has fallen 17% since. Over the last decade (2015–2022) the figure moved down 8%.
Key figures
Latest (2022)
3.38%
First (1970)
1.57%
Change
+115.2%
Highest
4.05%
in 2005
Lowest
1.13%
in 1973
Average
2.44%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.49%
Years of data
31
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.38% |
| 2019 | 3.55% |
| 2018 | 3.58% |
| 2017 | 3.47% |
| 2015 | 3.68% |
| 2005 | 4.05% |
| 2004 | 3.76% |
| 2003 | 3.52% |
| 2002 | 3.52% |
| 2001 | 3.47% |
| 2000 | 3.35% |
| 1999 | 3.15% |
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.