2026年教育行业展望报告：趋势、洞察与增长机遇

TRENDS, INSIGHTS,AND GROWTH CONTENTS Executive summaryFinancial insightsIndustry dynamics The global education market is projected toexpand significantly over the next decade.Somereportsforecast it to reach around$10 trillion by 2030, up from $7 trillion in2025, reflecting healthy annual growth, withearly childhood and workforce education That said, challenges such as intensecompetition, regulatory complexities, andinfrastructure limitations are affectingmarket dynamics. Access to high-qualityeducation remains uneven. Socioeconomicdisparities limit the ability of many learnersto afford quality institutions, digital tools, orprivate education. Variations in education Technology can helpclose the gapoverthe next decade: Online courses, openeducational resources, and scalableplatforms can deliver high-quality educationat a fraction of the cost of traditionalsystems, improving affordability for learners AI-powered adaptive learning systemscan tailor content to individual learners’pace, skill level, and learning style.This helpsaddress learning gapsearlyand improve outcomes across diverse aligned with industry needs can enablefaster workforce readiness, particularly foradult learners and those seeking reskilling learner populations. Online certifications,micro-credentials— targeted, bite-sizedcredentials that validate specific skills or Organizations across the educationecosystem who invest in platforms,partnerships, and learner-centric innovation Market size expansion. The K-12 segment — elementary,middle, and high school — is projected togrow at a 3.5% compound annual growthrate (CAGR). This growth is driven byincreased participation from students dueto greater awareness of education’s long- Theglobal education marketwas estimated at $7 trillion in 2025. The higher educationmarket holds the biggest market valuecompared to primary or secondary educationdue to rising enrollment in advanced degreeprograms, demand for specialized skills, and Revenue Globally, government investment in earlychildhood education isrisingthroughtargeted policies and tax incentives, although Total revenue in the education market isprojectedto grow at a CAGR of 8.5% between2022 and 2029, reaching an estimatedmarket size of nearly $12 billion by 2029. Globally, the US is expected to account forthe largest share of revenue. This could bebecause it has one of the highestper-studentspendsacross K-12 andhigher education,including tuition, research funding, andinstitutional infrastructure. It can alsobe attributed to the large concentration federalfunding. The US is still expected toretain the largest revenue share globallydue to high per-student spending, strongdomestic demand, and concentration of top- tier institutions. But there has already been a of globally ranked universities, research The global education technology (EdTech)segment has shown steady growth inthe last four years (Figure 1), indicatingconsistent investment and digital adoptionacross the education sector. However, year- since the end of the pandemic and thereturn to classroom-based learning.The normalization from pandemic demandis largely complete, so double-digit growth market requirements and by university K-12 education companies globally displayvolatility but ended with strong growthin 2024 and 2025, possibly driven by thetapering of emergency pandemic spendingon digital tools. Vocational education showsslow but steady gains, due to rising interest in Education publishing has remained relativelystable. Higher education has grown strongly,driven by more learners pursuing advanced broadly steady, with a slight dip after Covidas governmentsshifted fundingto prioritiessuch as healthcare. Europe, Asia-Pacific,and Latin America showed fairly consistent can be attributed to theincreased demandfor technical, vocational, and applied training Market value The global education market was valuedat$7.3 trillionin 2024. Spending on highereducation, however, differs widely acrossregions. Between 2019 and 2022, education Many countries experienced a dip orplateau after 2020 (Figure 2), reflectingpandemic-era fiscal constraints and shifting 2019 to 2022 window suggests moderatevolatility but no major upward trend,indicating cautious or constrained public education, while the Middle East and NorthAfrica (MENA) countries spent the most on Europe’s spending trends in secondaryeducation (Figure 3) and higher education(Figure 4) were also similar between 2019and 2022. This is largely because many Average government spend was between 4% and 5% of GDP, while private spendingwas estimated at around 2% in 2024.Europe had the highest spending across and services, as just the oil sector cannotgenerate enough new jobs. Their large,young workforces also create urgency tobuild job-ready skills through vocationaltraining and workforce programs. Theselarge-scale, centrally funded programs are especially in early childhood andcompulsory schooling. Slower populationg