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Iceland: Government expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP

7.31percent · 2022-3.6% since 2012

Government expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator XGDP.FSGOV. Annual figures for Iceland from 2000 to 2022.

20002022

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20227.308
20218.227
20208.584
20197.601
20187.564
20177.584
20167.432
20157.458
20147.641
20137.449
20127.582
20116.79
20106.944
20097.19
20087.036
20076.944
20067.195
20057.338
20047.161
20037.245
20027.299
20016.706
20006.431

Source

Published by UIS, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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UIS (2026). Government expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-xgdp-fsgov (accessed 2026-11-09). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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