United Kingdom's adjusted savings, education expenditure (current US$) was US$158.89 billion in 2021, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 15.23% from US$137.9 billion in 2011 (1.43% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$158.89 billion | 2021 |
| Five years earlier | US$141.77 billion | 2016 |
| Ten years earlier | US$137.9 billion | 2011 |
| Highest | US$165.94 billion | 2014 |
| Lowest | US$6.38 billion | 1970 |
| Average since 2012 | US$147.87 billion | 2012–2021 |
| First recorded | US$6.38 billion |
What the numbers say
In 2021, United Kingdom's adjusted savings, education expenditure (current US$) rose 17.9% on 2020 (from US$134.74 billion to US$158.89 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2020), the average change was +4.1% and a typical year strayed about 10.3% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.3 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 43.8% in 1975 and the biggest yearly fall was 19.2% in 1998. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2012 to 2021 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2021, United Kingdom had the 5th highest value of the 179 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to United Kingdom in the 2021 ranking
What this measures
Education expenditure refers to the current operating expenditures in education, including wages and salaries and excluding capital investments in buildings and equipment. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
All 52 values
| Year | Adjusted savings, education expenditure (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 158,890,910,174 |
| 2020 | 134,741,830,599 |
| 2019 | 145,547,811,610 |
| 2018 | 145,299,350,654 |
| 2017 | 140,876,304,386 |
| 2016 | 141,773,922,575 |
| 2015 | 157,597,920,798 |
| 2014 | 165,940,507,723 |
| 2013 | 146,970,435,713 |
| 2012 | 141,031,652,897 |
Adjusted savings, education expenditure (current US$) in nearby economies
- Albania — US$502.82 million (2021)
- Armenia — US$366.37 million (2021)
- Austria — US$23.49 billion (2021)
- Azerbaijan — US$2.08 billion (2021)
- Belarus — US$2.91 billion (2021)
- Belgium — US$35.63 billion (2021)
- Bulgaria — US$3.33 billion (2021)
- Croatia — US$2.53 billion (2021)
- Cyprus — US$1.39 billion (2021)
- Czechia
More economic policy & debt data for United Kingdom
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$214.36 billion (2025)
- Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$170.78 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$849.56 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 645.22 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 21.23% (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$2.42 trillion (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 1.84 trillion (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is United Kingdom's adjusted savings, education expenditure (current US$)?
- US$158.89 billion in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1970?
- It is up 2,392% from US$6.38 billion in 1970 (6.51% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$165.94 billion in 2014 and the lowest US$6.38 billion in 1970.
- How does United Kingdom rank?
- 5th highest of 179 economies with data for 2021.
- Is the latest change in adjusted savings, education expenditure (current US$) unusual for United Kingdom?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.ADJ.AEDU.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB); Statistical Yearbook, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division; Online database, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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