U.S. public school expenditure by state as a percentage of GDP 2018

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In 2018, the national average for spending on elementary and secondary education was 3.1 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Vermont spent the most out of any state on elementary and secondary education, at 5.38 percent of its GDP.

Elementary and secondary public school expenditure in the United States as a percentage of GDP in 2018, by state

CharacteristicExpenditure as a percentage of state GDP*
United States 3.1%
Vermont 5.38%
New Jersey 4.67%
Alaska 4.34%
Maine 4.21%
West Virginia 4.06%
Rhode Island 4.04%
Arkansas 3.95%
Wyoming 3.83%
Connecticut 3.83%
Mississippi 3.75%
Illinois 3.69%
New York 3.69%
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Release date

June 2021

Region

United States

Survey time period

2018

Supplementary notes

This indicator represents the relative amount of resources that state governments expend to support public education in prekindergarten through grade 12. It is calculated by dividing a state’s current expenditures for elementary and secondary public schools by the state’s gross domestic product (GDP). Current expenditures include instruction and instruction-related costs, student support services, administration, and operations and exclude funds for school construction and other capital outlays, debt service, and programs outside of public elementary and secondary education. State and local support represent the largest sources of funding for elementary and secondary education.
NOTE: GDP reported in current dollars.

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