Expenditure for Formal Education, Slovenia, 2017

In 2017, public expenditure for formal education in Slovenia amounted to EUR 2.056 billion

Public expenditure for formal education in 2017 amounted to EUR 2,056 million or 4.8% of GDP.
One fifth (21%) of total public expenditure was expenditure of the local government (municipalities) and the rest was central government expenditure. The majority of education expenditure in municipalities is intended for pre-school education (kindergartens). In 2017 municipalities contributed 92% of all public funds for this level of education.
95.7% of total public expenditure was allocated directly to educational institutions, while 4.3% was public transfers to households and other private entities.

Total, public, private and international expenditure on educational institutions in 2017 amounted to 5.3% of GDP

In 2017 EUR 2,281 million was spent for educational institutions. Compared to 2016, total expenditure on educational institutions increased by 5.7% in nominal terms and by 4.3% in real terms.
86% of expenditure for educational institutions was public expenditure, 13% was private expenditure and 1% was funds from international sources. The share of private expenditure was the highest in pre-school education (23%), while the share of resources from international sources was the highest in tertiary education (4.5%).
The structure of total expenditure for educational institutions by level of education was similar to that of previous years: expenditure on pre-primary education accounted for 20.1% (kindergartens: 1st age period 7.2%, 2nd age period 12.9%), for basic education 43.5%, for upper secondary education 16.9%, and for tertiary education 19.5% (of which 0.7% for short cycle higher vocational education and 18.8% for higher education).

Educational institutions spent EUR 2.3 billion on current and capital expenditure in 2017

Current expenditure of educational institutions in 2017 amounted to EUR 2,164 million or 93% of total expenditure (of which 76% was expenditure for wages and salaries); the remaining 7% (EUR 154 million) was capital expenditure. In the structure of spending of educational institutions capital expenditure was one percentage point higher than in the previous year.