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Spain — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Spain, 1970–2022.
Latest value · 2022
4.59%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +150.0% since 1970
Education spending for Spain was 4.59% in 2022, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 43 years, from 1970 to 2022. The highest recorded value was 4.90% in 2009. The lowest was 1.46% in 1974 (about 3.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.78% per year.
Spain ranks 69 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 40%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 4.59%, so Spain sits level with it. It peaked in 2009 and has fallen 6% since. Over the last decade (2012–2022) the figure moved up 3%.
Key figures
Latest (2022)
4.59%
First (1970)
1.83%
Change
+150.0%
Highest
4.90%
in 2009
Lowest
1.46%
in 1974
Average
3.81%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.78%
Years of data
43
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.59% |
| 2021 | 4.81% |
| 2020 | 4.85% |
| 2019 | 4.2% |
| 2018 | 4.15% |
| 2017 | 4.18% |
| 2016 | 4.19% |
| 2015 | 4.25% |
| 2014 | 4.28% |
| 2013 | 4.33% |
| 2012 | 4.46% |
| 2011 | 4.72% |
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.