Current education expenditure, total (% of total expenditure in public institutions) - Country Ranking - Europe

Definition: Current expenditure is expressed as a percentage of direct expenditure in public educational institutions (instructional and non-instructional) of the specified level of education. Financial aid to students and other transfers are excluded from direct expenditure. Current expenditure is consumed within the current year and would have to be renewed if needed in the following year. It includes staff compensation and current expenditure other than for staff compensation (ex. on teaching materials, ancillary services and administration).

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Rank Country Value Year
1 San Marino 99.46 2019
2 Andorra 99.24 2019
3 North Macedonia 97.92 2002
4 United Kingdom 97.69 2018
5 Italy 97.22 2018
6 Serbia 96.77 2019
7 Portugal 95.92 2018
8 Croatia 95.81 2017
9 Bulgaria 95.51 2017
10 Spain 94.90 2018
11 Sweden 94.82 2018
12 Ireland 94.79 2018
13 Romania 94.79 2018
14 Liechtenstein 94.60 2011
15 Belgium 94.55 2018
16 Denmark 94.37 2017
17 Slovak Republic 94.02 2018
18 Iceland 93.89 2018
19 Lithuania 93.60 2018
20 Ukraine 93.50 2019
21 Austria 92.89 2018
22 Germany 92.48 2018
23 Cyprus 92.29 2017
24 France 92.15 2018
25 Slovenia 91.67 2018
26 Belarus 91.60 2020
27 Finland 91.47 2018
28 Poland 91.42 2018
29 Moldova 91.09 2019
30 Luxembourg 90.63 2018
31 Malta 90.01 2017
32 Turkey 89.45 2006
33 Switzerland 89.40 2016
34 Netherlands 89.38 2018
35 Greece 88.18 2018
36 Estonia 87.86 2018
37 Czech Republic 87.39 2018
38 Norway 87.22 2018
39 Albania 86.84 2019
40 Hungary 86.49 2018
41 Latvia 84.54 2018
42 Monaco 73.29 2019

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Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Current expenditure, total is calculated by dividing all current expenditure in public institutions of all levels of education by total expenditure (current and capital) in public institutions of all levels of education, and multiplying by 100. Aggregate data are based on World Bank estimates. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Aggregation method: Median

Periodicity: Annual