EIGE

Public expenditure on education by education level and programme orientation - as % of GDP eustrat_bs_aaqcc__educ_uoe_fine06

Time format:
Years
Unit:
Percentage of GDP (comparable)
Description:

This indicator shows the total public spending on early childhood education (ISCED11 level 0) as a % of GDP. It should be noted that early childhood education as defined in ISCED11 is not equal to child care. In order to qualify as early childhood education, programmes provided in crèches, daycare centres, nurseries, etc. need to be designed to provide an organized and purposeful set of learning activities.

Keywords:
child care, child care-related, childcare, childcare services, childcare-related, education
EU28
EU27_2020
BG
CZ
DK
DE
EE
IE
ES
FR
HR
IT
CY
LV
LT
LU
HU
MT
NL
AT
PL
PT
RO
SI
SK
FI
SE
IS
NO
CH
UK
RS
TR
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
EU28
0.6(d)
0.59(d)
0.57(d)
EU27_2020
0.71(d)
0.73(d)
0.66(d)
0.65(d)
0.64(d)
0.65(d)
0.67(d)
(d)
(d)
BG
1.03
0.97
0.93
0.92
0.94
0.95
0.97
1.05
1.03
0.89
CZ
0.62
0.62
0.58
0.55
0.53
0.49
0.52
0.55
0.54
0.54
DK
0.99
1
0.97
0.94
0.95
0.95
1.13
1.18
1.25
DE
1.04(p)
1.02(p)
0.89(p)
0.83
0.78
0.74
0.7
0.68
0.64
0.6
EE
1.12
1.2
1.13
1.06
1.04
1.04
1.03
0.93
0.35
0.43
IE
0.14
0.12
0.17
0.16
0.15
0.12
0.07
0.1
0.11
ES
0.66(p)
0.68(p)
0.59(p)
0.59
0.58
0.59
0.61
0.62
0.63
0.65
FR
0.67
0.7
0.67(p)
0.69
0.7
0.69
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.65
HR
0.58
0.63
0.56
0.54
0.54
0.52(d)
IT
0.42
0.48
0.49
0.48
0.47
0.44
0.48
0.46
0.45
0.45
CY
0.29
0.32
0.29
0.31
0.33
0.35
0.37
0.35
0.34
LV
1.07
1.1
0.76
0.82
0.8
0.81
0.86
0.82
1.13
LT
1.01
1.03
0.87
0.86
0.76
0.75
0.67
0.62
2.15
0.63
LU
0.51
0.53
0.52
0.48
0.48
0.47
0.57
0.57
0.53
0.65
HU
0.62
0.67
0.7
0.71
0.73
0.81
0.81
0.81
MT
0.39(d)
0.42(d)
0.37(d)
0.35(d)
0.34(d)
0.37(d)
0.37
0.4
0.43
0.41
NL
0.38
0.38
0.35
0.35
0.34
0.35
0.36
0.37
0.38
0.41
AT
0.67
0.69
0.43
0.61
0.61
0.6
0.58
0.58
0.55
0.54
PL
0.77
0.77
0.73
0.7
0.67
0.64
0.61
0.61
0.59
0.56
PT
0.39
0.42
0.42
0.39
RO
0.39
0.41
0.41
0.36
0.34
0.33
0.36
0.36
SI
0.87
0.9
0.8
0.8
0.82
0.81
0.86
1
0.97
1
SK
0.63
0.66
0.63
0.55
0.53
0.5
0.49
0.49
0.44
FI
1.14
1.15
1.13
1.08
1.03
1.1
1.11
1.11
1.11
1.13(d)
SE
1.63
1.73
1.7
1.73
1.72
1.83
1.83
1.84
1.84
1.85
IS
1.82
1.85
1.58
1.57
1.5
1.43
1.49
1.54
1.44
1.53
NO
1.26
1.53
1.45
1.39
1.44
1.46
1.41
1.37
1.43
1.42
CH
0.43
0.45
0.4
0.41
0.41
0.41
0.24
0.18
0.18
UK
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.23
0.28(b)
0.23
0.33
0.38
RS
0.06(d)
0.07
0.06
0.06
TR
0.25(d)
0.2(d)
0.19
0.2
0.24

Available flags:

b break in time series c confidential
d definition differs, see metadata e estimated
f forecast i see metadata
m imputed n not significant
p provisional r revised
s Eurostat estimate u low reliability
x dropped due to insufficient sample size y unreliable due to small sample size
z not applicable