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Ireland
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#138out of 168 countries
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Historical trend

6.25.34.53.72.9197119962021Ireland · 2021: 2.90%Ireland

Analytical takeaways

  • Ireland records 2.90% for Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) in 2021, ranking #138 globally out of 168 countries.
  • Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) declined from 4.49% in 1971 to 2.90% in 2021, a decrease of 1.58%.
  • The country sits in the bottom quartile of the global distribution for this metric, which also makes the page relevant for low-value and lagging-performance searches.

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