Education in Maribor, Slovenia: official figures
Maribor spent €35.19 million on education in 2025, 21.6% of its budget and €340 per resident, 81st lowest of 212 municipalities.
How much does Maribor spend on kindergartens?
Kindergartens cost Maribor €27.12 million in 2025, 77.0% of its education budget.
Source: Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Slovenia · saved copyHow many young children are in childcare in Maribor?
66% of children under 5 were in day care or school in 2024 (661 per 1,000).
Source: Eurostat · saved copyHow many students are there in Maribor?
16,766 students were enrolled in higher education in Maribor in 2024, 147 for every 1,000 residents.
Source: Eurostat · saved copyHow many people in Maribor have a degree?
Of adults aged 25 to 64 in Maribor in 2024, 36% had a degree-level education, 55% an upper secondary education and 9% at most lower secondary schooling.
Source: Eurostat · saved copyMore figures
- The City Municipality of Maribor gave primary schools €7.18 million in 2025, €69 per resident. Source: Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Slovenia · saved copy
- Investment in schools and kindergartens in Maribor came to €1.56 million in 2025, 4.4% of education spending. Source: Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Slovenia · saved copy
- Maribor paid €0.93 per resident in scholarships in 2025 and €8 per resident on support services for education. Source: Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Slovenia · 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_ceduc: Urban Audit: education (cities), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 af187c7040a4…)
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