Syria vs WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025): Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government
Syria
19.2%
in 2009
WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)
13.3%
in 2024
Syria rank
25th
WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) rank
22nd
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government over time
- Syria
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)
How they compare
Syria currently reports 19.2% against 13.3% in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025), a difference of 5.9%.
That makes Syria's figure about 1.4 times WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)'s.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 7 shared years of data; in 2001 it was WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) ahead.
Syria ranks 25th and WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 22nd of 197 countries.
Syria has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher expenditure on education as a percentage of total government, Syria or WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Syria, at 19.2% against 13.3% in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) as of 2009.
- What is the difference in expenditure on education as a percentage of total government between Syria and WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)?
- 5.9%, with Syria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Syria and WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)?
- 7 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2009.
- How do Syria and WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) rank globally for expenditure on education as a percentage of total government?
- Syria ranks 25th and WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 22nd of 197 countries.
- 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