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

0.76percent · 2021-39.7% since 2011

Government expenditure on tertiary education as a percentage of GDP (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator XGDP.5T8.FSGOV. Annual figures for Ireland from 2000 to 2021.

20002021

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20210.756
20200.824
20190.841
20180.891
20170.937
20160.716
20150.846
20140.987
20131.125
20121.221
20111.254
20101.344
20091.462
20081.27
20071.101
20061.089
20051.053
20041.052
20031.045
20021.134
20011.167
20001.251

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 tertiary education as a percentage of GDP. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-xgdp-5t8-fsgov (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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