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