Government expenditure by COFOG (UNSD classification of functions of government, replicated in ESA2010) function and type notified by national authorities in Table 11 of the ESA 2010 transmission program.
General government sector defined in ESA 2010 (paragraph 2.111) as including "institutional units which are non-market producers whose output is intended for individual and collective consumption, and are financed by compulsory payments made by units belonging to other sectors, and institutional units principally engaged in the redistribution of national income and wealth".
The data refers to the Eurostat Database Statistic, online data code GOV_10A_EXP.
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Government expenditure on education in Iceland 2000-2022
Government spending on education in Iceland has increased since 2019, when it was seven percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The highest spending was in 2020, when it reached 8.1 percent. In 2022, it had once more decreased to just above seven percent. That year, Iceland spent the highest share of its GDP on education in Europe.
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Eurostat. (October 22, 2024). Government expenditure on education in Iceland from 2000 to 2022 (percentage of GDP) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 22, 2026, from /statistics/1267684/expenditure-education-iceland/
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