Expenditure in Education

Finland spends approximately 10 Billion Euros per year on education.  Within this expenditure, Finland spent the following percentage of the budget in each educational sector in 2005:

• Pre-primary (six-year-olds) - 2.9%
• Basic education - 36.5%
• Upper secondary general education - 6.4%
• Vocational education and training - 14.7%
• Higher Education: Polytechnics - 7.8%
• Higher Education: Universities - 17.9%
• Other education - 3.9%
• Administration - 2%
• Financial aid - 7.8%