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Ireland: Initial government expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP

3.00percent · 2021-48.3% since 2011

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

20002021

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20213.003
20203.248
20193.29
20183.345
20173.483
20163.732
20153.719
20144.825
20135.296
20125.762
20115.808
20106.02
20096.151
20085.443
20074.712
20064.491
20054.435
20044.407
20034.17
20024.056
20013.219
20003.255

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

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