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Portugal — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Portugal, 1973–2022.
Latest value · 2022
4.55%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +178.6% since 1973
Education spending for Portugal was 4.55% in 2022, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 46 years, from 1973 to 2022. The highest recorded value was 5.56% in 2009. The lowest was 1.63% in 1973 (about 2.8× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 2.11% per year.
Portugal ranks 70 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 41%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 4.59%, so Portugal sits below it. It peaked in 2009 and has fallen 18% since. Over the last decade (2012–2022) the figure moved down 8%.
Key figures
Latest (2022)
4.55%
First (1973)
1.63%
Change
+178.6%
Highest
5.56%
in 2009
Lowest
1.63%
in 1973
Average
4.22%
Annual growth (CAGR)
2.11%
Years of data
46
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.55% |
| 2021 | 4.77% |
| 2020 | 4.86% |
| 2019 | 4.63% |
| 2018 | 4.68% |
| 2017 | 5.03% |
| 2015 | 4.89% |
| 2014 | 5.12% |
| 2013 | 5.27% |
| 2012 | 4.94% |
| 2011 | 5.12% |
| 2010 | 5.4% |
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.