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United Kingdom: Government expenditure on primary education as a percentage of GDP

1.87percent · 2021+9.2% since 2010

Government expenditure on primary education as a percentage of GDP (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator XGDP.1.FSGOV. Annual figures for United Kingdom from 2000 to 2021.

20002021

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20211.873
20201.737
20191.701
20181.69
20171.735
20161.755
20151.787
20141.62
20131.646
20111.715
20101.715
20091.575
20081.55
20071.509
20061.465
20051.305
20041.241
20031.223
20021.09
20011.025
20000.993

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 primary education as a percentage of GDP. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-xgdp-1-fsgov (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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