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Netherlands — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Netherlands, 1970–2022.
Latest value · 2022
5.18%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · -16.6% since 1970
Education spending for Netherlands was 5.18% in 2022, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 50 years, from 1970 to 2022. The highest recorded value was 6.36% in 1975. The lowest was 4.49% in 1996 (about 1.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.35% per year.
Netherlands ranks 51 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 30%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 4.59%, so Netherlands sits above it. It peaked in 1975 and has fallen 19% since. Over the last decade (2012–2022) the figure moved down 3%.
Key figures
Latest (2022)
5.18%
First (1970)
6.21%
Change
-16.6%
Highest
6.36%
in 1975
Lowest
4.49%
in 1996
Average
5.38%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.35%
Years of data
50
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 5.18% |
| 2021 | 5.38% |
| 2020 | 5.29% |
| 2019 | 5.06% |
| 2018 | 5.27% |
| 2017 | 5.09% |
| 2016 | 5.39% |
| 2015 | 5.28% |
| 2014 | 5.4% |
| 2013 | 5.48% |
| 2012 | 5.37% |
| 2011 | 5.42% |
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.