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United Kingdom: Current education expenditure, total

92.34percent · 2021+4.2% 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
202192.338
202091.992
201997.822
201897.685
201797.492
201697.697
201597.384
201497.289
201397.324
201193.846
201088.587
200990.358
200891.733
200793.917
200691.377
200592.009
200492.068
200393.917
200293.028
200192.289
200094.85
199994.277
199895.09

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

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