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United Kingdom: Current education expenditure, primary

93.26percent · 2021+5.7% since 2010

Current expenditure is expressed as a percentage of direct expenditure in public educational institutions (instructional and non-instructional) of the specified level of education. Financial aid to students and other transfers are excluded from direct expenditure. Current expenditure is consumed within the current year and would have to be renewed if needed in the following year. It includes staff compensation and current expenditure other than for staff compensation (ex. on teaching materials, ancillary services and administration). Annual figures for United Kingdom from 1998 to 2021.

19982021

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202193.262
202092.647
201997.864
201897.641
201797.482
201697.703
201597.289
201497.215
201397.212
201193.679
201088.22
200988.226
200889.107
200790.895
200689.141
200590.619
200492.209
200394.443
200293.28
200192.322
200094.466
199994.086
199895.524

Source

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

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

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