Spain | 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
Kingdom of Spain
Records
63
Source
Spain | Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1.83300996 1970
1.88927996 1971
2.06465006 1972
1973
1.45956004 1974
1975
1.89938998 1976
2.0771699 1977
2.23073006 1978
2.33804989 1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
3.12818003 1987
3.3283 1988
3.55177999 1989
3.63358998 1990
3.7423501 1991
3.83716011 1992
4.24489021 1993
4.48468018 1994
4.43462992 1995
4.45745993 1996
1997
4.28785992 1998
4.26043987 1999
4.16604996 2000
4.11126995 2001
4.13457012 2002
4.17342997 2003
4.1578598 2004
4.14432001 2005
4.18482018 2006
4.25404978 2007
4.52805996 2008
4.91200018 2009
4.85608006 2010
4.8969202 2011
4.46931982 2012
4.34961987 2013
4.30150986 2014
4.28457022 2015
4.22544003 2016
4.20552015 2017
4.17949009 2018
4.23021984 2019
4.89986992 2020
4.58532047 2021
2022
Spain | 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
Kingdom of Spain
Records
63
Source