# EU countries by government spending on education (COFOG), 2024

All 27 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `government_education_expenditure_cofog_gdp_share`
- Unit: % of GDP
- Definition: Total expenditure of general government on education (COFOG division 09: pre-primary to tertiary education, education not definable by level, subsidiary services, research and development and other education spending) as a percentage of GDP, from the government accounts by function (ESA 2010).
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, General government expenditure by function (COFOG), education, total general government expenditure, percentage of GDP (gov_10a_exp) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/gov_10a_exp/default/table)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: Eurostat. General government expenditure by function (COFOG), education, total general government expenditure, percentage of GDP (gov_10a_exp). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/gov_10a_exp/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/government-education-spending-cofog/eu-countries

| Rank | Place | % of GDP |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Sweden | 7.3 |
| 2 | Belgium | 6.3 |
| 2 | Estonia | 6.3 |
| 2 | Finland | 6.3 |
| 5 | Latvia | 6.1 |
| 6 | Denmark | 5.6 |
| 6 | Poland | 5.6 |
| 8 | Lithuania | 5.5 |
| 8 | Slovenia | 5.5 |
| 10 | Austria | 5.3 |
| 11 | France | 5.1 |
| 11 | Netherlands | 5.1 |
| 11 | Slovakia | 5.1 |
| 14 | Croatia | 5 |
| 14 | Cyprus | 5 |
| 14 | Luxembourg | 5 |
| 17 | Hungary | 4.9 |
| 18 | Malta | 4.7 |
| 19 | Czechia | 4.5 |
| 19 | Germany | 4.5 |
| 21 | Bulgaria | 4.3 |
| 21 | Portugal | 4.3 |
| 23 | Spain | 4.1 |
| 24 | Italy | 4 |
| 24 | Romania | 4 |
| 26 | Greece | 3.9 |
| 27 | Ireland | 2.7 |