Government spending on education in Russia 2022, by level

In 2022, secondary education was the major segment for the Russian government's spending, measured at over 2.4 trillion Russian rubles, followed by preschool and higher education. Applied scientific research in that segment received 37.7 billion Russian rubles.

What percent of the Russian GDP goes to education?

Government spending on education accounted for less than four percent of the Russian GDP in 2021, a figure that has slightly decreased in recent years. However, Russia’s education spending was lower than in OECD countries on average, which was measured at 4.8 percent in 2018. For comparison, the United States spent six percent of GDP on education in that year.

How much does Russia spend on education?

In total, the government expended nearly 5.5 trillion Russian rubles on the educational sector in 2022. Looking at the average spending per student, the highest figure was recorded for higher education, at 403 thousand Russian rubles. That was equal to approximately 4.2 thousand U.S. dollars. To compare, on average in OECD, the tertiary education expenditure per student neared 17.7 thousand U.S. dollars in 2019.