¹ The basic funds indicate the subsidy requirement of the public budget for a task area. They describe the expenditure of a task area minus the income generated by the task area from the public and non-public sectors. They show the amount that the corporation has made available from general budget funds (tax revenues, funds from financial equalization, loans, reserves) for the respective task area.
² Preliminary actual values.
³ Target value.
Older values ​​were partly taken from the corresponding previous year's publications of the education finance report.
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Public expenditure on education in Germany from 1995 to 2024
In 2024, the government spent around *** billion euros on education in Germany. Public spending on the education system has been generally increasing since the 1990s. In Europe, educational attainment varied noticeably by country.Â
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