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Romania — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Romania, 1996–2022.
Latest value · 2022
3.28%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +1.2% since 1996
Education spending for Romania was 3.28% in 2022, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 1996 to 2022. The highest recorded value was 4.31% in 2006. The lowest was 2.82% in 2012 (about 1.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.04% per year.
Romania ranks 122 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 71%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 4.59%, so Romania sits below it. It peaked in 2006 and has fallen 24% since. Over the last decade (2012–2022) the figure moved up 16%.
Key figures
Latest (2022)
3.28%
First (1996)
3.24%
Change
+1.2%
Highest
4.31%
in 2006
Lowest
2.82%
in 2012
Average
3.39%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.04%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.28% |
| 2021 | 3.32% |
| 2020 | 3.58% |
| 2019 | 3.56% |
| 2018 | 3.32% |
| 2017 | 3.12% |
| 2016 | 3.03% |
| 2015 | 3.11% |
| 2014 | 3.12% |
| 2013 | 3.07% |
| 2012 | 2.82% |
| 2011 | 2.91% |
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.