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

1.61percent · 2021+72.4% since 2010

Government expenditure on tertiary education as a percentage of GDP (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator XGDP.5T8.FSGOV. Annual figures for United Kingdom from 2000 to 2021.

20002021

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20211.611
20201.508
20191.442
20181.442
20171.452
20161.39
20151.268
20141.363
20131.324
20111.231
20100.934
20090.727
20080.771
20070.856
20061
20051.099
20040.914
20030.949
20020.952
20010.707
20000.705

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 tertiary education as a percentage of GDP. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-xgdp-5t8-fsgov (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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