Government spending on education as a share of GDP in the UK 2001-2024

Published by D. Clark, Aug 27, 2024

In 2023/24, the government of the United Kingdom spent approximately 4.1 percent of its gross domestic product on education, compared with 4.2 percent in the previous financial year. During this time period, education spending as a share of GDP was highest in 2009/10 when it was 5.7 percent.

Public sector expenditure on education as a share of GDP in the United Kingdom from 2001/02 to 2023/24

CharacteristicExepnditure as a share of GDP
2001/02 4.4%
2002/03 4.5%
2003/04 4.8%
2004/05 4.9%
2005/06 4.9%
2006/07 4.9%
2007/08 5%
2008/09 5.2%
2009/10 5.7%
2010/11 5.6%
2011/12 5.2%
2012/13 4.9%
2013/14 4.7%
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Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Exepnditure as a share of GDP4.4%4.4%4.5%4.5%4.8%4.8%4.9%4.9%4.9%4.9%4.9%4.9%5%5%5.2%5.2%5.7%5.7%5.6%5.6%5.2%5.2%4.9%4.9%4.7%4.7%4.5%4.5%4.4%4.4%4.2%4.2%4.1%4.1%4.1%4.1%4%4%4.6%4.6%4.2%4.2%4.2%4.2%4.1%4.1%2001/022002/032003/042004/052005/062006/072007/082008/092009/102010/112011/122012/132013/142014/152015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202020/212021/222022/232023/24
4%4.25%4.5%4.75%5%5.25%5.5%5.75%6%

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Release date

July 2024

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2001 to 2024

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This statistic is using original data from the Government Digital Service and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0

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