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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.

Global rank#65out of 164 countries
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Historical trend

4.94.03.22.31.5197019962022Spain · 2022: 4.59%Spain

Analytical takeaways

  • Spain records 4.59% for Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) in 2022, ranking #65 globally out of 164 countries.
  • Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) increased from 1.83% in 1970 to 4.59% in 2022, a gain of 2.75%.
  • The country sits in the middle of the global distribution for this metric, making the page a balanced entry point for comparative analysis beyond the extremes.

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