Government spending on education in Iceland has decreased since 2005, when it was at 8.2 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Spending has been between 7.5 and 7.0 percent since 2010, but grew to 7.7 percent in 2020. That year, Iceland spent the highest
Government expenditure on education in Iceland from 2000 to 2020 (percentage of GDP)
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Other statistics that may interest you Education in Iceland
Overview
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- Basic Statistic Educational attainment in Iceland 2021
- Basic Statistic Educational attainment in Iceland 2022, by gender
- Premium Statistic Educational attainment in Iceland 2021, by age
- Basic Statistic Population in Iceland 2022, by level of education
- Premium Statistic Share of GDP spent on education in Europe 2020
- Basic Statistic Government expenditure on education in Iceland 2000-2020
Pre-primary education
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- Premium Statistic Number of children in pre-primary schools in Iceland, 2000-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of foreign children in pre-primary schools in Iceland, 2021, by citizenship
- Premium Statistic Number of foreign children in pre-primary schools in Iceland, 2001-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of personnel in pre-primary schools in Iceland, 2000-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of personnel in pre-primary schools in Iceland, 2021, by gender
Primary education
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- Premium Statistic Total number of primary schools in Iceland 2000-2022
- Premium Statistic Number of primary schools in Iceland 2022, by type
- Premium Statistic Number of pupils in primary schools in Iceland 2000-2022
- Premium Statistic Pupils in primary schools in Iceland with another mother tongue 2022, by language
- Premium Statistic Number of teachers in primary schools in Iceland 2000-2022
- Premium Statistic Share of teachers in primary schools in Iceland 2000-2022, by gender
- Premium Statistic Pupils per teacher in primary schools in Iceland 2000-2022
- Premium Statistic Annual earnings of primary school teachers in Iceland 2014-2022
Upper secondary education
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- Premium Statistic Number of students in upper secondary schools in Iceland 2000-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of students in upper secondary schools in Iceland 2000-2022, by gender
- Premium Statistic Number of students in upper secondary schools in Iceland 2022, by subject
- Premium Statistic Number of graduated students in upper secondary schools in Iceland 2000-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of graduates from upper secondary schools in Iceland 2000-2021, by gender
- Premium Statistic Regular average yearly earnings of secondary education teachers in Iceland 2014-2022
- Premium Statistic High school students' attitudes to reading in Iceland 2018, by gender
- Premium Statistic Reading performance in Iceland 2018, by socio-economic background
Higher education
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- Basic Statistic Number of university students in Iceland 2010-2022
- Premium Statistic Number of university students in Iceland 2011-2022, by gender
- Premium Statistic Number of university students in Iceland 2022, by subject and gender
- Premium Statistic Number of Icelanders studying abroad 2022, by country
- Premium Statistic Number of Icelanders studying abroad 2022, by subject
- Premium Statistic Number of tertiary level graduates from universities in Iceland 2000-2021, by gender
- Premium Statistic Tertiary level graduations from universities in Iceland 2021, by subject
- Premium Statistic Earnings of higher education teachers in Iceland 2014-2021
Well-being
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Eurostat. (November 6, 2022). Government expenditure on education in Iceland from 2000 to 2020 (percentage of GDP) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 16, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1267684/expenditure-education-iceland/
Eurostat. "Government expenditure on education in Iceland from 2000 to 2020 (percentage of GDP)." Chart. November 6, 2022. Statista. Accessed May 16, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1267684/expenditure-education-iceland/
Eurostat. (2022). Government expenditure on education in Iceland from 2000 to 2020 (percentage of GDP). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 16, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1267684/expenditure-education-iceland/
Eurostat. "Government Expenditure on Education in Iceland from 2000 to 2020 (Percentage of Gdp)." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Nov 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1267684/expenditure-education-iceland/
Eurostat, Government expenditure on education in Iceland from 2000 to 2020 (percentage of GDP) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1267684/expenditure-education-iceland/ (last visited May 16, 2024)
Government expenditure on education in Iceland from 2000 to 2020 (percentage of GDP) [Graph], Eurostat, November 6, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1267684/expenditure-education-iceland/