Public expenditure on education in Finland fluctuated between 5.5 and 6.5 percent (as ratio to the GDP) in the period from 1990 to 2022. In 2022, public expenditure on the education system in Finland was 5.5 percent of GDP.
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Government expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP in Finland in selected years from 1990 to 2022
Characteristic
Expenditure as a percentage of GDP
2022*
5.5%
2021
5.7%
2020
5.9%
2019
5.6%
2018
5.5%
2017
5.7%
2016
6%
2015
6.2%
2010
6.5%
2005
6.1%
2000
5.9%
1990
6.2%
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Statistics Finland. (December 18, 2023). Government expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP in Finland in selected years from 1990 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 11, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/530295/finland-share-of-public-expenditure-on-education-in-the-gdp/
Statistics Finland. "Government expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP in Finland in selected years from 1990 to 2022." Chart. December 18, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 11, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/530295/finland-share-of-public-expenditure-on-education-in-the-gdp/
Statistics Finland. (2023). Government expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP in Finland in selected years from 1990 to 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 11, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/530295/finland-share-of-public-expenditure-on-education-in-the-gdp/
Statistics Finland. "Government Expenditure on Education as a Percentage of Gdp in Finland in Selected Years from 1990 to 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Dec 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/530295/finland-share-of-public-expenditure-on-education-in-the-gdp/
Statistics Finland, Government expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP in Finland in selected years from 1990 to 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/530295/finland-share-of-public-expenditure-on-education-in-the-gdp/ (last visited July 11, 2025)
Government expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP in Finland in selected years from 1990 to 2022 [Graph], Statistics Finland, December 18, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/530295/finland-share-of-public-expenditure-on-education-in-the-gdp/
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