Public spending on education as a share of government expenditure fell 1.42% to 18.8% in Saudi Arabia in 2021, according to World Bank.
Historically, public spending on education as a share of government expenditure in Saudi Arabia reached an all time high of 24.9% in 2016 and an all time low of 12.3% in 1997.
Saudi Arabia has been ranked 17th within the group of 86 countries we follow in terms of public spending on education as a share of government expenditure, 17 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
Public Spending on Education (As % of Government Expenditure) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
Bahrain | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7.33% | 9.85% | 10.8% | 9.89% | 8.49% | |||||||||||
Djibouti | % | ... | ... | ... | 8.58% | 12.0% | 13.3% | 14.0% | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||
Eritrea | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
Iran | % | 18.6% | 19.4% | 20.3% | 21.1% | 21.2% | ... | |||||||||||||||
Iraq | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13.0% | 14.0% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Israel | % | 15.5% | 15.4% | 15.7% | 15.5% | 15.7% | ... | |||||||||||||||
Jordan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11.3% | 12.2% | 11.2% | 9.83% | 9.86% | ||||||||||||
Kuwait | % | ... | 9.51% | 10.5% | 11.1% | 11.8% | 12.8% | ... | ||||||||||||||
Oman | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12.2% | 13.6% | 12.7% | 12.4% | ... | ||||||||||||
Qatar | % | ... | ... | 8.56% | ... | 8.64% | ||||||||||||||||
Saudi Arabia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 24.9% | 22.3% | 19.4% | 19.1% | |||||||||
Syria | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||
United Arab Emirates | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6.07% | 5.16% | 5.50% | 5.36% | 12.7% | ... | |||||
Yemen | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |