Education expenditure 2007-2022
Lowest cost per pupil for many years
Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2023-11-27 8.00
The cost per pupil in primary school has now decreased for the first time since 2011. Statistics for 2022 show that the cost per pupil is the lowest since 2018. The cost per pupil is also decreasing in preschool and upper secondary school.
The main findings are summarised below:
- Preschool – the total cost per child decreased for the first time since 2008 and is now the lowest since 2016.
- Primary school – the total cost per pupil has decreased by 3.7 percent compared to 2021 and is now the lowest since 2018.
- Upper secondary school – the total cost per pupil decreased for the second consecutive year and has not been lower since 2014.
- Study associations – the total cost continues to decrease sharply despite an increase in the number of participants.
- Folk high schools – the total cost shows a slight decrease compared to 2021.
More statistics:
The National Agency for Education annually publishes Costs for the school system and other educational activities, which includes statistics broken down by type of cost for primary and secondary schools.
Official statistics on the school system are also published on the Swedish National Agency for Education's website where, for example, costs can be searched for in total, by type of cost, by municipality/region and at national level.
Next publishing will be
2024-11-27
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