Education expenditure in the budget — all countries

Education expenditure in the budget — Middle East & North Africa

Education expenditure in the budget in Middle East & North Africa in 2022 — 13.1%. Since 1981, the indicator has risen by 13.1 pp.

2022 13.1% +0.3 pp vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 18.28%2001
Period minimum 0%1981

Trend over time

1981–2022 · % of government expenditure

Education expenditure in the budget — Middle East & North Africa, 1981–2022051015201981198619911996200120062011201620211981: 0%1982: 0%1983: 0%1984: 0%1986: 0%1989: 0%1996: 12.67%1999: 12.99%2001: 18.28%2004: 14.62%2006: 14.36%2008: 14.1%2012: 12.31%2016: 15.16%2017: 15.21%2018: 12.19%2019: 13.06%2020: 12.8%2022: 13.1%
Change over the period: +13.1 pp Annual average: 0.32 pp

Comparison, 2022

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Middle East & North Africa

Middle East & North Africa 13.1%
World 13.11%
Education expenditure in the budget — Middle East & North Africa, by year Middle East & North Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 13.1
2020 12.8 −0.26 pp
2019 13.06 +0.87 pp
2018 12.19 −3.01 pp
2017 15.21 +0.05 pp
2016 15.16
2012 12.31
2008 14.1
2006 14.36
2004 14.62
2001 18.28
1999 12.99
1996 12.67
1989 0
1986 0
1984 0 +0 pp
1983 0 +0 pp
1982 0 +0 pp
1981 0

About the indicator

Government expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure. Unlike the share of GDP, it shows the priority within the budget: a country may spend little on education as a percentage of GDP, yet with a small state that turns out to be a significant part of all expenditure. The international benchmark agreed under the Dakar Framework for Action is fifteen to twenty percent of the budget.

Important: The aggregate is weighted by government consumption in dollars: it accounts for about two thirds of all budget expenditure, and the source does not publish absolute spending. The same device is used for military expenditure in the budget.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.