Education in Ljubljana, Slovenia: official figures
Ljubljana spent €113.62 million on education in 2025, 26.1% of its budget and €418 per resident, 48th highest of 212 municipalities.
How much does Ljubljana spend on kindergartens?
Kindergartens cost Ljubljana €85.03 million in 2025, 74.8% of its education budget.
Source: Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Slovenia · saved copyHow many young children are in childcare in Ljubljana?
74% of children under 5 were in day care or school in 2024 (740 per 1,000).
Source: Eurostat · saved copyHow many students are there in Ljubljana?
46,374 students were enrolled in higher education in Ljubljana in 2024, 156 for every 1,000 residents.
Source: Eurostat · saved copyHow many people in Ljubljana have a degree?
Of adults aged 25 to 64 in Ljubljana in 2024, 47% had a degree-level education, 44% an upper secondary education and 10% at most lower secondary schooling.
Source: Eurostat · saved copyMore figures
- The City Municipality of Ljubljana gave primary schools €22.49 million in 2025, €83 per resident. Source: Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Slovenia · saved copy
- Investment in schools and kindergartens in Ljubljana came to €24.11 million in 2025, 21.2% of education spending. Source: Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Slovenia · saved copy
- Ljubljana paid €1.97 per resident in scholarships in 2025 and €20 per resident on support services for education. Source: Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Slovenia · saved copy
- In the EU's 2023 survey of quality of life in European cities, 81% of residents of Ljubljana were satisfied with schools and other educational facilities. Source: Eurostat · saved copy
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Sources
- Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Slovenia: Municipal budgets 2025, final outturn: expenditures by functional classification (COFOG), all municipalities, read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 170af0ad592a…)
- Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Slovenia: Municipal budgets 2025, final outturn: revenues and expenditures by economic classification, all municipalities, read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 80d92e45db88…)
- Eurostat: Eurostat dataset urb_percep: Quality of life in European cities survey 2023: perception (cities), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 81bd3e277f3e…)
- Eurostat: Eurostat dataset urb_ceduc: Urban Audit: education (cities), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 af187c7040a4…)
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