Education expenditure in the budget in Syria in 2009 — 19.18%. Ranked 22 in the world out of 111. Since 1981, the indicator has risen by 19.18 pp.
1981–2009 · % of government expenditure
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Syria
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 19.18 | −0.86 pp |
| 2008 | 20.04 | +1.11 pp |
| 2007 | 18.93 | −1.12 pp |
| 2006 | 20.05 | — |
| 2004 | 17.15 | −2.71 pp |
| 2003 | 19.86 | +3.03 pp |
| 2002 | 16.83 | +1.16 pp |
| 2001 | 15.66 | — |
| 1996 | 15.04 | — |
| 1989 | 0 | +0 pp |
| 1988 | 0 | +0 pp |
| 1987 | 0 | +0 pp |
| 1986 | 0 | +0 pp |
| 1985 | 0 | +0 pp |
| 1984 | 0 | — |
| 1982 | 0 | +0 pp |
| 1981 | 0 | — |
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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.
