In 2023, the government spent around 181 billion euros on education in Germany. Public spending on the education system has been generally increasing since the 1990s.
Public expenditure on education in Germany from 1995 to 2023
(in billion euros)
¹ The basic funds indicate the subsidy requirement of the public budget for a task area. They describe the expenditure of a task area minus the income generated by the task area from the public and non-public sectors. They show the amount that the corporation has made available from general budget funds (tax revenues, funds from financial equalization, loans, reserves) for the respective task area.
² Preliminary actual values.
³ Target value.
Older values were partly taken from the corresponding previous year's publications of the education finance report.
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Statistisches Bundesamt. (December 13, 2023). Public expenditure on education in Germany from 1995 to 2023 (in billion euros) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1535776/public-expenditure-education-germany/
Statistisches Bundesamt. "Public expenditure on education in Germany from 1995 to 2023 (in billion euros)." Chart. December 13, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1535776/public-expenditure-education-germany/
Statistisches Bundesamt. (2023). Public expenditure on education in Germany from 1995 to 2023 (in billion euros). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1535776/public-expenditure-education-germany/
Statistisches Bundesamt. "Public Expenditure on Education in Germany from 1995 to 2023 (in Billion Euros)." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Dec 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1535776/public-expenditure-education-germany/
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Public expenditure on education in Germany from 1995 to 2023 (in billion euros) [Graph], Statistisches Bundesamt, December 13, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1535776/public-expenditure-education-germany/