Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Algeria
Algeria: Government spending on education as a share of GDP was 9.0% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Algeria, 1979–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Algeria recorded 9.0% for government spending on education as a share of gdp in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 60.0% on the previous year and up 37.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Algeria peaked at 9.1% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 4.1%, in 2008.
That places Algeria 5th out of 199 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 7.2% | 7.2% | 7.2% | 1 |
| 1980s | 6.6% | 6.6% | 6.6% | 1 |
| 2000s | 4.1% | 4.1% | 4.1% | 1 |
| 2010s | 6.8% | 5.6% | 9.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.2% | 4.7% | 9.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Algeria
More education data for Algeria
- Duration of pre-primary education 1 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 5 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 63.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 29.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 105.5% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers 247,748 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.72 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 105.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government spending on education as a share of gdp in Algeria?
- Government spending on education as a share of gdp in Algeria was 9.0% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Algeria?
- The highest recorded value was 9.1% in 2011.
- What is the lowest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Algeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.1% in 2008.
- How does Algeria rank for government spending on education as a share of gdp?
- Algeria ranks 5th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is government spending on education as a share of gdp rising or falling in Algeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Algeria data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Government spending on education as a share of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Total annual general government spending on all levels of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP.