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Iceland: Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure

14.83percent · 2023-4.4% since 2013

Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure (%) (IMF calculation). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator XGOVEXP.IMFCALC. Annual figures for Iceland from 2000 to 2023.

20002023

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202314.826
202214.899
202115.406
202015.876
201916.136
201815.99
201715.81
201614.398
201515.615
201415.13
201315.5
201214.56
201114.072
201014.688
200914.103
200811.855
200716.613
200617.104
200517.339
200418.606
200318.11
200218.727
200118.178
200015.532

Source

Published by UIS, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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UIS (2026). Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-xgovexp-imfcalc (accessed 2026-11-13). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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