Public spending on education as a share of government expenditure fell 4.10% to 8.94% in Qatar in 2021, according to World Bank.
Historically, public spending on education as a share of government expenditure in Qatar reached an all time high of 15.1% in 2008 and an all time low of 7.84% in 1998.
Qatar has been ranked 77th within the group of 86 countries we follow in terms of public spending on education as a share of government expenditure, 2 places above 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% | |||||||||||
| Iran | % | 18.6% | 19.4% | 20.3% | 21.1% | 21.2% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Iraq | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13.0% | 14.0% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 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% | ... | ||||||||||||
| Pakistan | % | ... | ... | ... | 13.2% | 15.1% | 14.5% | 12.2% | 11.6% | |||||||||||||
| Qatar | % | ... | ... | 8.56% | ... | 8.64% | ||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 24.9% | 22.3% | 19.4% | 19.1% | |||||||||
| Turkmenistan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 23.0% | ... | ||
| United Arab Emirates | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6.07% | 5.16% | 5.50% | 5.36% | 12.7% | ... | |||||
| Yemen | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
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