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Finland: Expenditure on primary education

20.51percent · 2016-0.5% since 2006

Expenditure on primary education is expressed as a percentage of total general government expenditure on education. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments. Annual figures for Finland from 1970 to 2016.

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Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201620.511
201520.244
201419.115
201318.616
201218.398
201120.011
201019.907
200919.793
200820.367
200720.375
200620.62
200520.76
200421.389
200321.601
200221.599
200121.624
200021.402
199921.228
199624.934
199524.713
199425.632
199325.578
199227.162
199127.55
199030.821
198931.603
198832.908
198733.645
198633.795
198532.407
198432.272
198332.326
198232.157
198133.931
198034.119
197935.465
197649.543
197547.24
197446.729
197346.212
197245.757
197138.303
197036.56

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Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Expenditure on primary education. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-expenditure-on-primary-education (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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