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Ireland Education Spending 1980s

Government expenditure on education as % of GDP · World Bank
5.30% decade average (1980-1989)

Ireland's education spending during the 1980s ranged from 4.71% (1989) to 5.73% (1981), averaging 5.30% over 10 years of data.

1980s Data
YearValueChangeRank
1980 5.32% +0.03% 47th
1981 5.73% +0.41% 46th
1982 5.39% −0.34% 42nd
1983 5.45% +0.06% 42nd
1984 5.28% −0.16% 40th
1985 5.25% −0.03% 40th
1986 5.30% +0.05% 44th
1987 5.53% +0.23% 46th
1988 5.02% −0.51% 40th
1989 4.71% −0.30% 37th