Primary education expenditure in Sweden 2010-2022, per pupil

The expenditure per pupil in primary schools in Sweden have increased steadily since 2010. In 2010, expenditures per pupil amounted to 85,500 Swedish kronor, whereas this had increased to over 125,000 kronor in 2022. The increased expenditures are reflected by the total expenditure on primary education in Sweden. In 2022, total expenditures on primary education amounted to 139 billion Swedish kronor.

Decreasing number of schools and increasing number of pupils

The primary schools in Sweden are administered individually by each of the 290 municipalities in the country. Since 2012, the number of primary schools decreased. In contrast, the number of pupils attending primary school increased constantly since the schoolyear 2010/11, reaching over 1.1 million in the school year 2022/23.  

Increasing number of pupils per primary school

Not surprisingly, the decrease in number of schools and the increase in number of pupils led to an annual increase in the average number of pupils per primary school in Sweden. In 2023, there were 236 pupils per primary school registered in the country.