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Ireland: Government expenditure on primary education as a percentage of GDP

1.01percent · 2021-50.9% since 2011

Government expenditure on primary education as a percentage of GDP (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator XGDP.1.FSGOV. Annual figures for Ireland from 2000 to 2021.

20002021

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20211.013
20201.12
20191.113
20181.13
20171.169
20161.365
20151.336
20141.725
20131.896
20122.106
20112.062
20102.138
20092.201
20081.963
20071.653
20061.54
20051.52
20041.502
20031.437
20021.335
20011.306
20001.274

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). Government expenditure on primary education as a percentage of GDP. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-xgdp-1-fsgov (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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