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Statistics on

Education accounts

Education accounts describe Norway’s total current expenditures on education and job training, as well as capital investments in Education. Spending by both public and private sources are included. The expenditures are grouped by type of service, the provider industry and by sources of funding.

Updated: 24 November 2021

Next update: Not yet determined

Selected figures from these statistics

Table 1Education expenditure

Education expenditure¹
	2017	2018	2019	Change last year
Key variables
Current education expenditure. NOK million	204 696	213 183	222 685	9 502
Capital formation in education. NOK million	44 102	45 570	46 796	1 226
Current education expenditure per capita. NOK	38 535	39 863	41 395	1 507
Current education expenditure. Per cent of GDP	5.7	5.9	6.4	0.2
Current education expenditure. Per cent of GDP Mainland Norway	7.0	7.0	7.3	0.0

Share of totale expenditure (percentage)
Primary education	39.5	39.7	39.9	0.1
Secondary education	17.9	17.6	17.3	-0.3
Higher education	23.1	23.6	24.1	0.5
Adult education	4.1	4.1	3.9	-0.1
Other education	4.1	4.1	4.0	0.0
In-house training	10.4	10.0	9.9	-0.1
Associated goods and services	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.0
¹Current education expenditure does not include capital formation.

Explanation of symbols

Source

StatBank source table 03037

StatBank source table 12528

StatBank source table 11189

StatBank source table 09189

Table 2Expenditure on education per pupil / student

Expenditure on education per pupil / student
	2018	2019	2020	Percentage change last year
Expenditure on education per pupil, primary school	127 204	133 128	139 732	5.0
Expenditure on education per pupil, secondary school	183 705	190 811	194 589	2.0
Expenditure on education per student, higher education	169 976	178 785	183 155	2.4