In 2022, financial aid from governments to households and students in the EU averaged €533 per pupil for upper secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary education and €1 766 for tertiary education. 

The highest values of financial aid for tertiary education per student were registered in Denmark (€8 024), Ireland (€5 692) and Sweden (€4 948), while the lowest were in Greece (€20), Croatia (€97) and Czechia (€115).

When it comes to upper secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary education, the highest values of financial aid were attributed by the Netherlands (€1 790), Sweden (€1 741) and Denmark (€1 644). On the other hand, financial aid was the lowest in Croatia (€7), Poland (€16) and Hungary (€76).

Financial aid from government to households and students, 2022 (€ per pupil/student). Lollipop chart. Link to special extraction excel and to datasets below.

Source datasets:  special extraction, educ_uoe_fine02 and educ_uoe_fine10

Among EU countries, the level of financial aid to households and students was higher for tertiary education than for upper secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary education, except for Bulgaria, Czechia, Latvia and Slovenia.