Industries · Education · United Kingdom · Sunday, 4 October 2026

Education in United Kingdom

What people here follow in this industry today, what they spend on it and what it costs, from public data.

Education

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In the news here

6.0% of the news here today

Jobs and work
0.4% of the news

The numbers

Education

How fast prices rise (over a year): 5.1% Apr 2026 · OECD
How pricey it is against the world (World average = 100): 170.6 2021 · World Bank, ICP 2021
What households spend per person (US$ per person a year): US$2,750 2021 · World Bank, ICP 2021

How big the sector is

Share of the economy · services: 73.1% 2025 · World Bank
Share of jobs · services: 83.2% 2025 · World Bank (ILO estimate)

Spending and price levels are the World Bank’s latest benchmark (ICP 2021); price rises are the latest month from the OECD and Eurostat. Whole spending categories, not single products.

What we can and can’t see

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How pricey it is against the world
How fast prices rise
The sector’s share of the economy
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Pulse

Pulse: what readers say

Over the next year, do you think education will grow, stay the same or shrink where you live?

Readers who answered, not a representative sample.