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Poland — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Poland, 1991–2022.
Latest value · 2022
4.31%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +10.9% since 1991
Education spending for Poland was 4.31% in 2022, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 30 years, from 1991 to 2022. The highest recorded value was 6.23% in 1996. The lowest was 3.89% in 1991 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.33% per year.
Poland ranks 82 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 48%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 4.59%, so Poland sits below it. It peaked in 1996 and has fallen 31% since. Over the last decade (2012–2022) the figure moved down 11%.
Key figures
Latest (2022)
4.31%
First (1991)
3.89%
Change
+10.9%
Highest
6.23%
in 1996
Lowest
3.89%
in 1991
Average
4.85%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.33%
Years of data
30
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.31% |
| 2021 | 4.62% |
| 2020 | 4.8% |
| 2019 | 4.63% |
| 2018 | 4.56% |
| 2017 | 4.54% |
| 2016 | 4.63% |
| 2015 | 4.79% |
| 2014 | 4.94% |
| 2013 | 5% |
| 2012 | 4.83% |
| 2011 | 4.83% |
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.