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Hungary — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Hungary, 1970–2022.
Latest value · 2022
3.80%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +10.5% since 1970
Education spending for Hungary was 3.80% in 2022, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 52 years, from 1970 to 2022. The highest recorded value was 6.06% in 1992. The lowest was 3.35% in 1972 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.19% per year.
Hungary ranks 103 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 60%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 4.59%, so Hungary sits below it. It peaked in 1992 and has fallen 37% since. Over the last decade (2012–2022) the figure moved down 8%.
Key figures
Latest (2022)
3.80%
First (1970)
3.44%
Change
+10.5%
Highest
6.06%
in 1992
Lowest
3.35%
in 1972
Average
4.58%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.19%
Years of data
52
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.8% |
| 2021 | 4.65% |
| 2020 | 4.12% |
| 2019 | 4.2% |
| 2018 | 4.61% |
| 2017 | 4.64% |
| 2016 | 4.6% |
| 2015 | 4.49% |
| 2014 | 4.6% |
| 2013 | 4.19% |
| 2012 | 4.15% |
| 2011 | 4.57% |
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.