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Citation
(1999), "Education spending in Europe", Education + Training, Vol. 41 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/et.1999.00441bab.020
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 1999, MCB UP Limited
Education spending in Europe
Education spending in Europe
Keywords Education, European Union, Public expenditure
EU countries spend an average 5.2 per cent of their national wealth (gross domestic product) on education, the European statistics office, Eurostat, has reported.
Spending on education in Britain was also 5.2 per cent in 1995, the latest year for which information is available. Spending levels ranged from 8 per cent in Denmark (with Sweden at 7.8 per cent and Finland 7.3 per cent) to 2.9 per cent in Greece.
Financial aid to students accounted for 5.7 per cent of public spending on education in the EU, ranging from less than 2.5 per cent in Greece, Spain, Italy, Luxembourg, Austria and Portugal, to 10.3 per cent in Britain, and to highs of 12.7 per cent in The Netherlands, 15.5 per cent in Sweden and 16.4 per cent in Denmark.