# Government spending on education, share of GDP in Sweden

Government spending on education, share of GDP in Sweden was 7.3% of GDP in 2022. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

- Indicator id: `education_expenditure_gdp`
- Place id: `se`
- Unit: % of GDP
- Definition: General government expenditure on education at all levels (current, capital and transfers), as a percentage of GDP. Includes spending funded by international transfers to government. UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- Note: Government spending only: fees and other money paid by households and private bodies are left out, so countries where families pay a large share show lower values. For some countries UIS takes the figure from government budget documents, so a recent year can be revised when final accounts come in. Countries only; UIS publishes no World figure.
- Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, Government expenditure on education, total, % of GDP (SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS), via World Bank, World Development Indicators (https://data.worldbank.org)
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- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
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- Citation: Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). Government expenditure on education, total, % of GDP (SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS). Retrieved through World Bank World Development Indicators (data.worldbank.org). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-12. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. UIS does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.
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- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=education_expenditure_gdp&place=se

| Period | % of GDP |
|---|---:|
| 2022 | 7.3 |
| 2021 | 7.6 |
| 2020 | 8 |
| 2019 | 7.7 |
| 2018 | 7.7 |
| 2017 | 7.6 |
| 2016 | 7.6 |
| 2015 | 7.5 |
| 2014 | 7.6 |
| 2013 | 7.6 |
| 2012 | 7.6 |
| 2011 | 6.4 |
| 2010 | 6.6 |
| 2009 | 6.8 |
| 2008 | 6.4 |
| 2007 | 6.2 |
| 2006 | 6.4 |
| 2005 | 6.5 |
| 2004 | 6.7 |
| 2003 | 6.8 |
| 2002 | 6.9 |
| 2001 | 6.6 |
| 2000 | 6.7 |
| 1999 | 6.8 |
| 1998 | 7.1 |
| 1996 | 6.8 |
| 1995 | 6.2 |
| 1993 | 5.5 |
| 1992 | 5.3 |
| 1991 | 5.5 |
| 1990 | 5.2 |
| 1981 | 6.8 |
| 1980 | 6.5 |
| 1979 | 6.4 |