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Bahrain — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Bahrain, 1970–2023.
Latest value · 2023
1.89%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · -6.2% since 1970
Education spending for Bahrain was 1.89% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 20 years, from 1970 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 2.87% in 2006. The lowest was 1.71% in 2022 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.12% per year.
Bahrain ranks 162 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 94%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 4.38%, so Bahrain sits below it. It peaked in 2006 and has fallen 34% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 21%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
1.89%
First (1970)
2.01%
Change
-6.2%
Highest
2.87%
in 2006
Lowest
1.71%
in 2022
Average
2.29%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.12%
Years of data
20
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.89% |
| 2022 | 1.71% |
| 2021 | 1.85% |
| 2020 | 2.06% |
| 2019 | 2.11% |
| 2018 | 2.39% |
| 2017 | 2.22% |
| 2016 | 2.8% |
| 2015 | 2.55% |
| 2014 | 2.37% |
| 2013 | 2.38% |
| 2012 | 2.54% |
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.