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Switzerland — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Switzerland, 1970–2022.
Latest value · 2022
4.86%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +43.4% since 1970
Education spending for Switzerland was 4.86% in 2022, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 51 years, from 1970 to 2022. The highest recorded value was 5.38% in 2003. The lowest was 3.39% in 1970 (about 1.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.70% per year.
Switzerland ranks 61 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 35%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 4.59%, so Switzerland sits above it. It peaked in 2003 and has fallen 10% since. Over the last decade (2012–2022) the figure moved down 1%.
Key figures
Latest (2022)
4.86%
First (1970)
3.39%
Change
+43.4%
Highest
5.38%
in 2003
Lowest
3.39%
in 1970
Average
4.61%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.70%
Years of data
51
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.86% |
| 2021 | 5.03% |
| 2020 | 5.28% |
| 2019 | 5.01% |
| 2018 | 4.93% |
| 2017 | 5.02% |
| 2016 | 4.98% |
| 2015 | 5% |
| 2014 | 4.93% |
| 2013 | 4.91% |
| 2012 | 4.9% |
| 2011 | 4.86% |
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.