Austria's Public Education Expenditure in the Lower Middle Range of the EU

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A report published today by the European Commission entitled “Investing in Education 2025” shows that public investment in education in the European Union is increasing again, but has not yet reached pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels.

In total, EU countries spent €806 billion on education in 2023. / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons / Thelmadatter, CC BY-SA 3.0

In 2023, EU countries spent a total of €806 billion on education, which corresponds to an EU average of 9.6 percent of total public expenditure and 4.7 percent of gross domestic product (GDP).

There are considerable differences between member states. Austria is at the lower end of the ranking, spending slightly less than 10 percent of its public expenditure on education. In…