Austria | Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP)
General government expenditure on education (current, capital, and transfers) is expressed as a percentage of GDP. It includes expenditure funded by transfers from international sources to government. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments. Development relevance: The percentage of government expenditure on education to GDP is useful to compare education expenditure between countries and/or over time in relation to the size of their economy; A high percentage to GDP suggests a high priority for education and a capacity of raising revenues for public spending. Note that government expenditure appears lower in some countries where the private sector and/or households have a large share in total funding for education. Limitations and exceptions: Data may refer to spending by the ministry of education only (excluding spending on educational activities by other ministries). Statistical concept and methodology: Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) is calculated by dividing total government expenditure for all levels of education by the GDP, 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. GDP data come from the World Bank. 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).
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Austria
Records
63
Source
Austria | Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
4.14716005 1970
4.28235006 1971
4.45015001 1972
4.51547003 1973
4.65594006 1974
5.12796021 1975
5.23765993 1976
4.95401001 1977
5.15979004 1978
5.03815985 1979
5.00896978 1980
5.36780977 1981
5.3629899 1982
5.30378008 1983
5.29446983 1984
5.29721022 1985
5.49995995 1986
5.37611008 1987
5.19073009 1988
5.01816988 1989
4.95725012 1990
5.10321999 1991
5.2969799 1992
5.25199986 1993
1994
5.42834997 1995
5.25990009 1996
1997
6.10374022 1998
6.11233997 1999
5.58880997 2000
5.57547998 2001
5.52213001 2002
5.36183023 2003
5.30243015 2004
5.2493701 2005
5.22652006 2006
5.14690018 2007
5.26395988 2008
5.73024988 2009
5.70047998 2010
5.5922699 2011
5.48040009 2012
5.54711008 2013
5.44761992 2014
5.45658016 2015
5.47961998 2016
5.37159014 2017
5.2265501 2018
5.21750021 2019
5.56900978 2020
4.98649979 2021
2022
Austria | Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP)
General government expenditure on education (current, capital, and transfers) is expressed as a percentage of GDP. It includes expenditure funded by transfers from international sources to government. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments. Development relevance: The percentage of government expenditure on education to GDP is useful to compare education expenditure between countries and/or over time in relation to the size of their economy; A high percentage to GDP suggests a high priority for education and a capacity of raising revenues for public spending. Note that government expenditure appears lower in some countries where the private sector and/or households have a large share in total funding for education. Limitations and exceptions: Data may refer to spending by the ministry of education only (excluding spending on educational activities by other ministries). Statistical concept and methodology: Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) is calculated by dividing total government expenditure for all levels of education by the GDP, 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. GDP data come from the World Bank. 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).
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Austria
Records
63
Source