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Italy — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Italy, 1970–2022.
Latest value · 2022
4.07%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +21.1% since 1970
Education spending for Italy was 4.07% in 2022, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 41 years, from 1970 to 2022. The highest recorded value was 4.76% in 1984. The lowest was 2.89% in 1971 (about 1.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.37% per year.
Italy ranks 95 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 55%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 4.59%, so Italy sits below it. It peaked in 1984 and has fallen 15% since. Over the last decade (2012–2022) the figure moved up 1%.
Key figures
Latest (2022)
4.07%
First (1970)
3.36%
Change
+21.1%
Highest
4.76%
in 1984
Lowest
2.89%
in 1971
Average
4.22%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.37%
Years of data
41
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.07% |
| 2021 | 4.17% |
| 2020 | 4.42% |
| 2019 | 4.08% |
| 2018 | 4.24% |
| 2017 | 4.03% |
| 2016 | 3.8% |
| 2015 | 4.05% |
| 2014 | 4.04% |
| 2013 | 4.12% |
| 2012 | 4.03% |
| 2011 | 4.09% |
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.