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Algeria — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Algeria, 1979–2024.
Latest value · 2024
8.98%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +25.0% since 1979
Education spending for Algeria was 8.98% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 18 years, from 1979 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 9.12% in 2011. The lowest was 4.11% in 2008 (about 2.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.50% per year.
Algeria ranks 4 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 2%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 4.38%, so Algeria sits above it. It peaked in 2011 and has fallen 2% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 37%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
8.98%
First (1979)
7.18%
Change
+25.0%
Highest
9.12%
in 2011
Lowest
4.11%
in 2008
Average
6.49%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.50%
Years of data
18
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 8.98% |
| 2023 | 5.61% |
| 2022 | 4.75% |
| 2021 | 5.51% |
| 2020 | 6.19% |
| 2019 | 5.58% |
| 2018 | 5.81% |
| 2017 | 5.73% |
| 2016 | 6.5% |
| 2015 | 6.18% |
| 2014 | 6.55% |
| 2013 | 6.66% |
Reading this correctly. Total general government expenditure on education, expressed as a percentage of GDP. Includes both current and capital spending. Figures are in % of GDP. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS — Government Education Spending (% of GDP). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.