The table illustrates the percentage of government spending on educational investment, training, and student engagement for education-aged 18 to 24 in five different countries in 2012. Overall, Slovenia used to invest the most in education among the five given countries, while Poland witnessed an opposite trend. In addition, the participation rate across all 5 countries is higher than the expenditure, with Poland and Romania recording the highest and lowest levels of youth engagement, respectively.
Looking at the table in detail, Slovenia’s government had spent more on education than other countries, at 25%, while Poland had spent 5%, the lowest among other countries. Hungary allocated 13% of its national budget to education. The figures for the Crech Republic and Romania were quite similar, at 9% and 10%, respectively.
According to the participation rate, Poland’s youth engagement was 44%, leading to the highest among other countries. Slovenia’s participation rate is just less than the first-ranking country, 4%. It is followed by Hungary, with 34%. On the contrary, Crech Republic and Pomania were the two countries that had a participation rate under 30%, with 27% and 23%, respectively.
