Expenditure for formal education, Slovenia, 2014

In 2014, public expenditure for formal education in Slovenia amounted to EUR 1,991 million

Public expenditure for formal education in 2014 amounted to EUR 1,991 million or 5.3% of GDP. 96% of total public expenditure was allocated directly to educational institutions, while 4% was public transfers to households and other private entities (EUR 87 million). The share of public expenditure for education was the highest in basic education (43%) and in tertiary education (20%).

Total, public, private and international expenditure on educational institutions in 2014 amounted to 5.9% of GDP

In 2014 EUR 2,207 million or 5.9% of GDP was spent for educational institutions. 86% of expenditure for educational institutions was public expenditure, slightly less than 13% was private expenditure and almost 1% was funds from international sources.

In the structure of total expenditure on educational institutions expenditure for preschool education (1^st and 2^nd age period in kindergartens) represents 22%, for basic education 43%, for upper secondary education 16%, and for tertiary education 19% (of which 1% for higher vocational education and 18% for professional higher education).

Educational institutions spent EUR 2,300 million in 2014

Current expenditure on educational institutions in 2014 amounted to EUR 2,018 million or 88% of total expenditure (of which 75% was expenditure for wages and salaries); the remaining 12% (EUR 282 million) was capital expenditure.