Italy (2022)
4.1
% of GDP
-0.1pp YoY
YoY Change
-0.1pp
percentage points
Trend
down
Series length
41
years of data

Data

Italy Government Expenditure on Education (% of GDP) (2022) — source data. World Bank.
Year % of GDP YoY Change
2022 4.1 -0.1pp
2021 4.2 -0.2pp
2020 4.4 +0.3pp
2019 4.1 -0.1pp
2018 4.2 +0.2pp
2017 4 +0.2pp
2016 3.8 -0.3pp
2015 4.1 +0.1pp
2014 4 -0.1pp
2013 4.1 +0.1pp
2012 4 -0.1pp
2011 4.1 -0.2pp
2010 4.3 -0.2pp
2009 4.5 +0.1pp
2008 4.4 +0.3pp
2007 4.1 -0.4pp
2006 4.5 +0.3pp
2005 4.2 -0.2pp
2004 4.4 -0.1pp
2003 4.5 +0.1pp

About this Dataset

Italy recorded 4.1 % of GDP in 2022. The latest change was -0.1pp. Across 1970–2022 the series ranges from 2.9 in 1971 to 4.8 in 1984.

This page tracks government expenditure on education as a share of GDP in Italy from 1990 to present. Education spending shapes future human capital quality, productivity growth, and workforce skill depth.

Data sourced from World Bank via Open Data API. Values use World Bank standardised methodology intended for cross-country comparison.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page tracks government expenditure on education as a share of GDP in Italy from 1990 to present. Education spending shapes future human capital quality, productivity growth, and workforce skill depth. It is published by World Bank and updated annually.

The most recent observation covers 2022. World Bank typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 1970–2022 (41 observations).

The series peaked at 4.8 % of GDP in 1984 and reached its lowest recorded value of 2.9 in 1971. The latest reading of 4.1 in 2022 represents a change of -0.1pp.