Government expenditure on education as share of GDP in the Netherlands from 2000 to 2020

In 2020, *** percent of Dutch GDP was spent on education and student loans. The GDP of the Netherlands amounted to roughly *** billion euros in 2020. The highest share of GDP that was spent on education in the Netherlands was *** percent in 2009, 2010, 2013 and 2014.

 Absolute spend peaks in 2020

  In absolute figures, government expenditure on education and student grants peaked in 2020, at over ** billion euros. In 2013, government spending amounted to approximately **** billion euros.

Expenditure by level

  Most of the government spending was spent on secondary education in 2020, at around **** billion euros. By comparison, the government only spent *** billion euros that year on tertiary education. However, this is excluding the student loans, grants, and allowances.