France | 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
French Republic
Records
63
Source
France | Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
3.42973995 1970
3.17421007 1971
3.35917997 1972
3.23003006 1973
4.24204016 1974
4.42854023 1975
4.4247098 1976
4.43521023 1977
4.34511995 1978
4.28115988 1979
4.30769014 1980
4.73072004 1981
4.8520298 1982
4.85234022 1983
4.86753988 1984
4.85157013 1985
4.70795012 1986
4.62343979 1987
4.54472017 1988
4.45639992 1989
4.51393986 1990
4.84130001 1991
4.73539019 1992
5.42959023 1993
5.62643003 1994
5.79073 1995
5.75672007 1996
1997
5.68792009 1998
1999
5.60021925 2000
5.61780024 2001
5.78097534 2002
5.76206303 2003
5.54923391 2004
5.47005081 2005
5.47531033 2006
5.30452871 2007
5.40407991 2008
5.73407078 2009
5.65859604 2010
5.48298311 2011
5.45646715 2012
5.50037813 2013
5.51206303 2014
5.46424007 2015
5.41906977 2016
5.45160007 2017
5.40716982 2018
5.3544302 2019
5.67784023 2020
5.24502707 2021
2022
France | 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
French Republic
Records
63
Source