Belgium vs Finland: Government spending on education overall vs. primary education

Belgium

6.3%

in 2022

Finland

6.4%

in 2022

Belgium rank

25th

Finland rank

23rd

Government spending on education overall vs. primary education over time

Finland currently reports 6.4% against 6.3% in Belgium, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Belgium ahead.

Globally, Belgium ranks 25th and Finland ranks 23rd of 199 countries.

Indicator: Government spending on education overall vs. primary education
Unit: % of GDP
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 5,140 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Total annual general government spending on all levels of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP.