GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 vs Iran: Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government
GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024
12.4%
in 2025
Iran
18.8%
in 2022
GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank
29th
Iran rank
28th
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government over time
- GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024
- Iran
How they compare
Iran currently reports 18.8% against 12.4% in GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024, a difference of 6.4%.
That makes Iran's figure about 1.5 times GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024's.
Across all 22 years both countries report, Iran has been ahead every year.
GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 29th and Iran ranks 28th of 43 groups.
Iran has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 | Iran | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 16.9% | 21.8% | 4.9% | Iran |
| 2010s | 15.1% | 19.9% | 4.8% | Iran |
| 2020s | 11.6% | 20.7% | 9.2% | Iran |
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: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 or Iran?
- Iran, at 18.8% against 12.4% in GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 as of 2022.
- What is the difference in expenditure on education as a percentage of total government between GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 and Iran?
- 6.4%, with Iran ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 and Iran?
- 22 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2022.
- How do GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 and Iran rank globally for expenditure on education as a percentage of total government?
- GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 29th and Iran ranks 28th 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.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release