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Norway — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Norway, 1972–2022.
Latest value · 2022
5.43%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · -8.0% since 1972
Education spending for Norway was 5.43% in 2022, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 50 years, from 1972 to 2022. The highest recorded value was 8.37% in 2020. The lowest was 5.26% in 1985 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.17% per year.
Norway ranks 36 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 21%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 4.59%, so Norway sits above it. It peaked in 2020 and has fallen 35% since. Over the last decade (2012–2022) the figure moved down 26%.
Key figures
Latest (2022)
5.43%
First (1972)
5.90%
Change
-8.0%
Highest
8.37%
in 2020
Lowest
5.26%
in 1985
Average
6.66%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.17%
Years of data
50
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 5.43% |
| 2021 | 6.96% |
| 2020 | 8.37% |
| 2019 | 7.86% |
| 2018 | 7.6% |
| 2017 | 7.85% |
| 2016 | 7.98% |
| 2015 | 7.52% |
| 2014 | 7.64% |
| 2013 | 7.44% |
| 2012 | 7.33% |
| 2011 | 6.41% |
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.