GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 vs Mauritania: Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government

GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024
16.0%
in 2024
Mauritania
31.9%
in 2024
GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank
4th
Mauritania rank
1st

Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government over time

  • GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024
  • Mauritania
0102030199720102024

How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 31.9% against 16.0% in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024, a difference of 15.9%.

That makes Mauritania's figure about 2.0 times GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 17 shared years of data; in 2001 it was GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 ahead.

GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 4th and Mauritania ranks 1st of 43 groups.

GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 Mauritania Difference Ahead
2000s 14.1% 3.7% 10.4% GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024
2010s 15.8% 11.3% 4.5% GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024
2020s 16.3% 14.9% 1.4% GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher expenditure on education as a percentage of total government, GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 or Mauritania?
Mauritania, at 31.9% against 16.0% in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 as of 2024.
What is the difference in expenditure on education as a percentage of total government between GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 and Mauritania?
15.9%, with Mauritania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 and Mauritania?
17 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 and Mauritania rank globally for expenditure on education as a percentage of total government?
GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 4th and Mauritania ranks 1st of 43 groups.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure (%) (UIS calculation). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 vs Mauritania: Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 19 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/expenditure-on-education-as-a-percentage-of-total-government-expenditure-percent-uis/gpe-europe-and-central-asia-wb-fy24-december-2024/mauritania/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/expenditure-on-education-as-a-percentage-of-total-government-expenditure-percent-uis/gpe-europe-and-central-asia-wb-fy24-december-2024/mauritania/">GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 vs Mauritania: Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure (%) (UIS calculation)
Unit
UIS calculation
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
240 places, 5,509 data points, 1980–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release