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

12.02percent · 2021+7.5% since 2011

Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure (%) (IMF calculation). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator XGOVEXP.IMFCALC. Annual figures for Ireland from 2000 to 2021.

20002021

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202112.024
202011.878
201913.212
201812.475
201712.613
201612.274
201511.918
201412.12
201311.88
201211.932
201111.188
20107.124
200910.193
200811.326
200712.138
200611.953
200512.435
200412.507
200312.57
200212.144
200112.731
200012.939

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 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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