Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Bahrain
Bahrain: Government spending on education as a share of GDP was 1.9% in 2023. ▬ Flat
Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Bahrain, 1970–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2023, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Bahrain stood at 1.9%.
The figure is up 10.3% on the previous year and down 20.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Bahrain peaked at 2.9% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 1.7%, in 2022.
Bahrain ranks 184th of 199 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2.3% | 3 |
| 2000s | 2.6% | 2.5% | 2.9% | 3 |
| 2010s | 2.4% | 2.1% | 2.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.9% | 1.7% | 2.1% | 4 |
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More education data for Bahrain
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 77.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 18.4% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 96.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 9,404 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.8 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 97.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government spending on education as a share of gdp in Bahrain?
- Government spending on education as a share of gdp in Bahrain was 1.9% in 2023, 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 Bahrain?
- The highest recorded value was 2.9% in 2006.
- What is the lowest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Bahrain?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.7% in 2022.
- How does Bahrain rank for government spending on education as a share of gdp?
- Bahrain ranks 184th out of 199 countries with data for 2023.
- Is government spending on education as a share of gdp rising or falling in Bahrain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Bahrain 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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Total annual general government spending on all levels of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP.