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Sweden: Government expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP

7.32percent · 2022-3.4% since 2012

Government expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator XGDP.FSGOV. Annual figures for Sweden from 2000 to 2022.

20002022

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20227.319
20217.602
20207.953
20197.663
20187.698
20177.638
20167.64
20157.494
20147.629
20137.647
20127.575
20116.407
20106.563
20096.784
20086.383
20076.187
20066.373
20056.515
20046.673
20036.797
20026.911
20016.615
20006.738

Source

Published by UIS, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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UIS (2026). Government expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-xgdp-fsgov (accessed 2026-11-09). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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