Educational finance, promotion of education and training

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21 April 2023 Approximately 351 billion euros for education, science and research in 2021

According to provisional calculations, public budgets and the private sector spent a total of 351.3 billion euros on education, science and research in Germany in 2021. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was an increase of 17.1 billion euros, or 5%, compared with the previous year. The expenditure accounted for 9.8% of the gross domestic product (GDP) in 2021 and thus was on the same level as in the preceding year. In 2019, before the Covid-19 pandemic, its share had been somewhat lower at 9.5%.

30 March 2023 Higher education expenditure up by 4% to 67 billion euros in 2021

3 March 2023 Per-pupil expenditure on education in public schools at 9,200 euros in 2021

8 December 2022 Public education expenditure up 3.3% in 2021

12 August 2022 BAföG statistics, 2021: Number of students receiving assistance slightly up for the first time since 2012

8 July 2022 Upgrading training assistance in 2021: people receiving assistance up 8% on the previous year

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