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Lithuania — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Lithuania, 1993–2022.
Latest value · 2022
4.25%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +8.7% since 1993
Education spending for Lithuania was 4.25% in 2022, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 28 years, from 1993 to 2022. The highest recorded value was 6.09% in 1998. The lowest was 3.81% in 2017 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.29% per year.
Lithuania ranks 85 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 49%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 4.59%, so Lithuania sits below it. It peaked in 1998 and has fallen 30% since. Over the last decade (2012–2022) the figure moved down 11%.
Key figures
Latest (2022)
4.25%
First (1993)
3.91%
Change
+8.7%
Highest
6.09%
in 1998
Lowest
3.81%
in 2017
Average
4.77%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.29%
Years of data
28
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.25% |
| 2021 | 4.24% |
| 2020 | 4.47% |
| 2019 | 3.94% |
| 2018 | 3.86% |
| 2017 | 3.81% |
| 2016 | 4.01% |
| 2015 | 4.22% |
| 2014 | 4.51% |
| 2013 | 4.62% |
| 2012 | 4.78% |
| 2011 | 5.15% |
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.