The latest year for which the data is available is 2018 and is presented in the table below.
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Primary level
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Post-primary level
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Total expenditure
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€ 3,784,796,714
|
€ 3,490,341,316
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Annualized full-time equivalent* enrolment
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562,331
|
416,410
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Expenditure per student
|
€ 6,731
|
€ 8,382
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Note that data on total government expenditure for each level of education is compiled according to the rules and methodology laid out by the OECD.
*The full-time equivalent includes full and part time enrolments and is derived as following: full time + 0.5 part time enrolments.