The European Commission has published its annual report on investment in education, based on figures for 2022. That year, the share of public expenditure invested in education in the EU remained stable at 4.7% of GDP and 9.5% of total public spending, after falling during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The report points out that, although nominal investment in education increased by 6.1% on average in the EU in 2022, this increase did not keep pace with inflation, marking a real decrease of 0.7%.