France intermediate consumption current prices: education
France intermediate consumption current prices: education stood at 35,497 EUR million in 2025, according to INSEE – Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (BDM). It is one of the indicators in the Annual national accounts table (Value · Annual), with a complete series running from 1959 to 2025. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Annual national accounts table
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intermediate consumption, current prices | |||||||||||
| Education | 35,497 | 35,262 | 34,183 | 30,504 | 26,014 | 22,416 | 25,087 | 24,797 | 23,983 | 23,239 | |
| Human health activities | 75,200 | 73,524 | 71,685 | 64,377 | 61,818 | 54,625 | 52,677 | 50,536 | 47,945 | 45,760 |
Understanding france intermediate consumption current prices: education
Non-durable goods and services acquired by educational institutions and training providers to facilitate instructional activities, classroom instruction, and administrative support services comprise this intermediate consumption aggregate. The measure encompasses institutional outlays on teaching materials, facility maintenance contracts, utility services, professional advisory fees, and instructional software utilized in the delivery of learning programs. It excludes compensation of employees, social contributions, and capital expenditures on school buildings or long-lived laboratory machinery. By isolating the operating expenses incurred by the education branch, this series separates intermediate inputs from the value added generated through teacher compensation and institutional operating surpluses.
Evaluating this indicator necessitates careful attention to public sector accounting reclassifications, adjustments in national accounts methodologies, and the effects of chained price indexing. Analysts should rely on annual percentage changes rather than short-term sequential movements to assess operational shifts accurately, as the educational sector exhibits pronounced annual budgeting patterns. A common analytical error involves equating these operational input costs with total national expenditure on education, which additionally includes household spending on private tuition, government capital investments, and direct compensation paid to teaching staff.
Frequently asked questions
- What types of purchases are excluded from this educational intermediate consumption measure?
- Employee compensation, social contributions, capital investments in school facilities, and long-lived laboratory machinery are excluded from these operational input costs.
- How does this series differ from total national expenditure on education?
- This indicator measures only the non-durable business inputs consumed by educational institutions, omitting household tuition spending, government capital outlays, and direct teacher salaries.
- Why should analysts avoid short-term sequential period evaluations when reviewing this educational series?
- The educational sector operates on rigid annual budgeting and academic cycles that create structural intra-year patterns, making annual comparisons far more reliable for assessing trends.