Austria vs Poland: Share of GDP spent on education vs. share of government spending assigned to education

Austria

10.0%

in 2022

Poland

10.0%

in 2022

Austria rank

151st

Poland rank

149th

Share of GDP spent on education vs. share of government spending assigned to education over time

Poland currently reports 10.0% against 10.0% in Austria, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 26 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Poland ahead.

Globally, Austria ranks 151st and Poland ranks 149th of 194 countries.

Indicator: Share of GDP spent on education vs. share of government spending assigned to education
Unit: %
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 194 places, 4,043 data points, 1980–2025
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Percentage of total general government spending (across all sectors) that is allocated to education.