# EU countries by government spending on education, share of GDP, 2022

All 25 values come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics for 2022, so the places are comparable. 2 EU countries have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- Indicator id: `education_expenditure_gdp`
- 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.
- 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)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/unesco-institute-for-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/education-spending-gdp/eu-countries

| Rank | Place | % of GDP |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Sweden | 7.3 |
| 2 | Finland | 6.4 |
| 3 | Denmark | 6.4 |
| 4 | Belgium | 6.3 |
| 5 | France | 5.3 |
| 6 | Slovenia | 5.3 |
| 7 | Austria | 5.3 |
| 8 | Germany | 5.2 |
| 9 | Estonia | 5.2 |
| 10 | Netherlands | 5.2 |
| 11 | Cyprus | 4.7 |
| 12 | Malta | 4.7 |
| 13 | Slovakia | 4.7 |
| 14 | Spain | 4.6 |
| 15 | Portugal | 4.6 |
| 16 | Bulgaria | 4.5 |
| 17 | Latvia | 4.3 |
| 18 | Poland | 4.3 |
| 19 | Czechia | 4.3 |
| 20 | Lithuania | 4.3 |
| 21 | Italy | 4.1 |
| 22 | Hungary | 3.8 |
| 23 | Luxembourg | 3.7 |
| 24 | Greece | 3.4 |
| 25 | Romania | 3.3 |