In 2023, general education was the major segment for the Russian government's spending, measured at around **** trillion Russian rubles, followed by higher and preschool education. What percent of the Russian GDP goes to education? Government spending on education accounted for less than **** 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 *** percent in 2018. For comparison, the United States spent *** percent of GDP on education in that year. How much does Russia spend on education? In total, the government expended nearly *** trillion Russian rubles on the educational sector in 2023. Looking at the average spending per student, the highest figure was recorded for higher education, at ******* Russian rubles. That was equal to approximately ***** U.S. dollars. To compare, on average in the OECD, the tertiary education expenditure per student neared ****** U.S. dollars in 2019.

Government spending on education in Russia stood at over **** percent of the country's gross domestic product (GDP) in 2023. Compared to the previous year, the expenditure's share in the country's GDP increased by *** percentage points.

Actual value and historical data chart for Russia Public Spending On Education Total Percent Of GDP

In 2024, the government expenditure for services offered by higher education institutions in Russia reached ******* Russian rubles per student. That was the highest figure compared to other education levels.

Actual value and historical data chart for Russia Adjusted Savings Education Expenditure Us Dollar

Historical dataset showing Russia education spending by year from 2000 to 2020.

Government spending on education in Russia reached around *** trillion Russian rubles in 2024, marking a continuous increase over the observed period. Third-party spending stood at **** trillion Russian rubles in 2023.

Actual value and historical data chart for Russia Current Education Expenditure Secondary Percent Of Total Expenditure In Secondary Public Institutions

Russia Federal Government Expenditure: Year to Date: SC: Education: Pre School data was reported at 6.065 RUB bn in Jul 2022. This records an increase from the previous number of 4.373 RUB bn for Jun 2022. Russia Federal Government Expenditure: Year to Date: SC: Education: Pre School data is updated monthly, averaging 2.000 RUB bn from Jan 2005 (Median) to Jul 2022, with 211 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 62.035 RUB bn in Dec 2019 and a record low of 0.000 RUB bn in Jan 2011. Russia Federal Government Expenditure: Year to Date: SC: Education: Pre School data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal Treasury. The data is categorized under Russia Premium Database’s Government and Public Finance – Table RU.FB004: Federal Government Expenditure: ytd.

Adjusted savings: education expenditure (% of GNI) in Russia was reported at 4.4328 % in 2021, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Russia - Adjusted savings: education expenditure (% of GNI) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on October of 2025.

Russian consumers were estimated to have spent *** billion Russian rubles on online education for adults in 2021. The expenditure was nearly *** percent higher than that on offline further education programs.

Russia Consolidated Government Expenditure: Year to Date: SC: Education: Pre School data was reported at 618.232 RUB bn in Jul 2022. This records an increase from the previous number of 535.121 RUB bn for Jun 2022. Russia Consolidated Government Expenditure: Year to Date: SC: Education: Pre School data is updated monthly, averaging 197.150 RUB bn from Jan 2005 (Median) to Jul 2022, with 210 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,030.241 RUB bn in Dec 2021 and a record low of 3.800 RUB bn in Jan 2005. Russia Consolidated Government Expenditure: Year to Date: SC: Education: Pre School data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal Treasury. The data is categorized under Russia Premium Database’s Government and Public Finance – Table RU.FA004: Consolidated Government Expenditure: ytd.

Time series data for the statistic Government expenditure on education not specified by level, constant US$ (millions) and country Russian Federation. Indicator Definition:Total general (local, regional and central) government expenditure on education (current, capital, and transfers) not specified by level in millions US$ in constant value (taking into account inflation). It includes expenditure funded by transfers from international sources to government. Total government expenditure for a given level of education (e.g. primary, secondary, or all levels combined) in national currency is converted to US$, and where it is expressed in constant value, uses a GDP deflator to account for inflation. The constant prices base year is normally three years before the year of the data release. For example, in the July 2017 data release, constant US$ values are expressed in 2014 prices. Limitations: In some instances data on total government expenditure on education refers only to the Ministry of Education, excluding other ministries which may also spend a part of their budget on educational activities. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/The indicator "Government expenditure on education not specified by level, constant US$ (millions)" stands at 6.32 Thousand usd as of 12/31/2017, the highest value since 12/31/2012. Regarding the One-Year-Change of the series, the current value constitutes an increase of 47.49 percent compared to the value the year prior.The 1 year change in percent is 47.49.The 5 year change in percent is 46.22.

Expenditure on education as a share of GNI of Russian Federation remained stable at 4.4 % over the last 3 years. Current expenditure on education as % of GNI is the total public current education expenditure expressed as a percentage of the Gross National Income (GNI) in a given financial year. GNI is also referred to as Gross National Product (GNP).

Russia RU: Higher Education Expenditure on R&D (HERD) data was reported at 115,667.800 RUB mn in 2020. This records a decrease from the previous number of 120,583.800 RUB mn for 2019. Russia RU: Higher Education Expenditure on R&D (HERD) data is updated yearly, averaging 12,017.050 RUB mn from Dec 1989 (Median) to 2020, with 32 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 120,583.800 RUB mn in 2019 and a record low of 0.763 RUB mn in 1989. Russia RU: Higher Education Expenditure on R&D (HERD) data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Russian Federation – Table RU.OECD.MSTI: Gross Domestic Expenditure on Research and Development: Non OECD Member: Annual.

In response to Russia's large-scale aggression against Ukraine, the OECD Council decided on 8 March 2022 to immediately suspend the participation of Russia and Belarus in OECD bodies. In view of this decision, the OECD suspended its solicitation of official statistics on R&D from Russian authorities, leading to the absence of more recent R&D statistics for this country in the OECD database. Previously collected and compiled indicators are still available.

The business enterprise sector includes all organisations and enterprises whose main activity is connected with the production of goods and services for sale, including those owned by the state, and private non-profit institutions serving the above-mentioned organisations. In practice however, R&D performed in this sector is carried out mostly by industrial research institutes other than enterprises. This particularity reflects the traditional organisation of Russian R&D.

Headcount data include full-time personnel only, and hence are underestimated, while data in full-time equivalents (FTE) are calculated on the basis of both full-time and part-time personnel. This explains why the FTE data are greater than the headcount data.

New budgetary procedures introduced in 2005 have resulted in items previously classified as GBARD being attributed to other headings and have affected the coverage and breakdown by socio-economic objective.

This dataset tracks annual total expenditure from 1995 to 2023 for Russia Local School District

This dataset tracks annual average expenditure per student from 1992 to 2023 for Russia Local School District

Russia Household Expenditure Structure: PS: Education: ow Preschool Education data was reported at 0.400 % in 2017. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.400 % for 2016. Russia Household Expenditure Structure: PS: Education: ow Preschool Education data is updated yearly, averaging 0.200 % from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2017, with 28 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.200 % in 1990 and a record low of 0.100 % in 2014. Russia Household Expenditure Structure: PS: Education: ow Preschool Education data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal State Statistics Service. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Russian Federation – Table RU.HA020: Household Expenditure Structure.

Russia Consolidated Government Expenditure: Year to Date: SC: Education data was reported at 3,112.704 RUB bn in Jul 2022. This records an increase from the previous number of 2,697.147 RUB bn for Jun 2022. Russia Consolidated Government Expenditure: Year to Date: SC: Education data is updated monthly, averaging 1,104.857 RUB bn from Jan 2005 (Median) to Jul 2022, with 210 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4,690.655 RUB bn in Dec 2021 and a record low of 22.600 RUB bn in Jan 2005. Russia Consolidated Government Expenditure: Year to Date: SC: Education data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal Treasury. The data is categorized under Russia Premium Database’s Government and Public Finance – Table RU.FA004: Consolidated Government Expenditure: ytd.

Foreign languages were the subject of educational courses on which Russians spent the most in 2021. Furthermore, platforms offering various subjects accounted for approximately *********** of the total expenditure. The figures refer to both online and offline programs.