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Iceland
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#11out of 164 countries
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Historical trend

8.67.56.45.34.3199020062022Iceland · 2022: 7.31%Iceland

Analytical takeaways

  • Iceland records 7.31% for Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) in 2022, ranking #11 globally out of 164 countries.
  • Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) increased from 4.26% in 1990 to 7.31% in 2022, a gain of 3.05%.
  • The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.

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