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Sweden: Expenditure on primary education

24.11percent · 2016-3.2% since 2006

Expenditure on primary education is expressed as a percentage of total general government expenditure on education. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments. Annual figures for Sweden from 1979 to 2016.

19792016

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201624.106
201523.344
201422.78
201322.38
201221.984
201124.259
201024.287
200924.075
200824.61
200725.047
200624.902
200526.238
200426.907
200327.55
200227.989
200127.328
200027.894
199926.518
199826.334
199626.833
199526.21
199348.837
199252.55
199154.522
199051.461
198148.219
198036.043
197942.297

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Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Expenditure on primary education. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-expenditure-on-primary-education (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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