Education expenditure in the budget — all countries

Education expenditure in the budget — Northern Africa

Education expenditure in the budget in Northern Africa in 2008 — 13.68%.

2008 13.68%
World rank
Period maximum 13.68%2008
Period minimum 13.68%2008

Trend over time

2008–2008 · % of government expenditure

Change over the period: +0 pp

Comparison, 2008

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Northern Africa

Northern Africa 13.68%
World 14.6%
Education expenditure in the budget — Northern Africa, by year Northern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2008 13.68

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.