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Government spending on education, share of government spending in Sweden

Government spending on education, share of government spending in Sweden was 15.3% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is down 0.3 pts from 2021. That is the 1st highest of 25 EU countries in 2022.

202215.3%
Change on 2021-0.3 pts
Rank1st of 25EU countries ranked
Series high15.72019
Series low81992

Government spending on education, share of government spending in Sweden, 1980 to 2022

681012141619801993200020052010201520221980: 9.8 %1981: 10.1 %1990: 8.3 %1991: 8.4 %1992: 8 %1993: 8.1 %1995: 10.2 %1996: 11.3 %1998: 12.7 %1999: 12.4 %2000: 12.9 %2001: 12.8 %2002: 13.1 %2003: 12.8 %2004: 12.9 %2005: 12.7 %2006: 12.7 %2007: 12.8 %2008: 12.9 %2009: 13.1 %2010: 13.2 %2011: 13 %2012: 15.1 %2013: 14.9 %2014: 15 %2015: 15.2 %2016: 15.5 %2017: 15.5 %2018: 15.5 %2019: 15.7 %2020: 15.3 %2021: 15.5 %2022: 15.3 %
%. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, Government expenditure on education, total, % of government expenditure (SE.XPD.TOTL.GB.ZS) via World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-08.
All 33 values
Period%
202215.3
202115.5
202015.3
201915.7
201815.5
201715.5
201615.5
201515.2
201415
201314.9
201215.1
201113
201013.2
200913.1
200812.9
200712.8
200612.7
200512.7
200412.9
200312.8
200213.1
200112.8
200012.9
199912.4
199812.7
199611.3
199510.2
19938.1
19928
19918.4
19908.3
198110.1
19809.8

Rankings

Definition

General government expenditure on education as a percentage of total general government expenditure on all sectors. Calculated and published by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

A share of the government budget, not of GDP; for that see education_expenditure_gdp. UIS divides by total government spending from IMF figures or, for some countries, from government budget documents, so a recent year can be revised. Countries only; UIS publishes no World figure.

How to cite

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). Government expenditure on education, total, % of government expenditure (SE.XPD.TOTL.GB.ZS). Retrieved through World Bank World Development Indicators (data.worldbank.org). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.XPD.TOTL.GB.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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What is the government spending on education, share of government spending in Sweden?

Government spending on education, share of government spending in Sweden was 15.3% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is down 0.3 pts from 2021. That is the 1st highest of 25 EU countries in 2022.

Where does this figure come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Government expenditure on education, total, % of government expenditure (SE.XPD.TOTL.GB.ZS). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest government spending on education, share of government spending in Sweden?

15.7% in 2019, the highest value since 1980 in this series.

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