Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024
GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024: Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government was 11.7% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in UIS calculation.
Analysis
In 2024, expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 stood at 11.7%.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 peaked at 29.4% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 11.6%, in 2010.
GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 37th of 43 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024, year by year
| Year | UIS calculation | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 29.4% | — |
| 2001 | 25.5% | -13.3% |
| 2002 | 24.2% | -5.0% |
| 2003 | 24.3% | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 24.7% | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 22.7% | -8.0% |
| 2006 | 24.7% | +8.8% |
| 2007 | 22.5% | -8.8% |
| 2008 | 12.5% | -44.6% |
| 2010 | 11.6% | -6.8% |
| 2012 | 12.1% | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 11.7% | -3.2% |
| 2016 | 12.0% | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 11.7% | -2.6% |
| 2018 | 11.7% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 11.7% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 12.2% | +4.4% |
| 2022 | 11.7% | -4.2% |
| 2024 | 11.7% | +0.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | -44.6% | 22.5% | 12.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 23.4% | 12.5% | 29.4% | 9 |
| 2010s | 11.8% | 11.6% | 12.1% | 7 |
| 2020s | 11.9% | 11.7% | 12.2% | 3 |
Countries ranked near GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024
More education data for GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 16.53 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.36 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 7.88 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -1.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 844,570 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 2.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 23.12 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 11.13 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 8.64 million (2024)
All data for GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 →
Frequently asked questions
- What is expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 was 11.7% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest expenditure on education as a percentage of total government recorded in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 29.4% in 2000.
- What is the lowest expenditure on education as a percentage of total government recorded in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.6% in 2010.
- How does GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank for expenditure on education as a percentage of total government?
- GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 37th out of 43 groups with data for 2024.
- Is expenditure on education as a percentage of total government rising or falling in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure (%) (UIS calculation). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release