Education expenditure in the budget — all countries

Education expenditure in the budget — United Arab Emirates

Education expenditure in the budget in the United Arab Emirates in 2021 — 14.76%. Ranked 63 in the world out of 163. Since 2019, the indicator has risen by 1.19 pp.

2021 14.76% +1.96 pp vs 2020
World rank 63of 163
Period maximum 14.76%2021
Period minimum 12.8%2020

Trend over time

2019–2021 · % of government expenditure

Education expenditure in the budget — United Arab Emirates, 2019–202112.51313.51414.5152019202020212019: 13.57%2020: 12.8%2021: 14.76%
Change over the period: +1.19 pp Annual average: 0.59 pp

Comparison, 2021

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates 14.76%
World 12.79%
Education expenditure in the budget — United Arab Emirates, by year United Arab Emirates All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 14.76 +1.96 pp
2020 12.8 −0.77 pp
2019 13.57

Western Asia, 2021

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.