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Egypt, Arab Rep. — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Egypt, Arab Rep., 1971–2008.
Latest value · 2008
3.76%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · -17.0% since 1971
Education spending for Egypt, Arab Rep. was 3.76% in 2008, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 23 years, from 1971 to 2008. The highest recorded value was 5.61% in 1982. The lowest was 3.68% in 2007 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.50% per year.
Egypt, Arab Rep. ranks 104 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 60%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 4.38%, so Egypt, Arab Rep. sits below it. It peaked in 1982 and has fallen 33% since. Over the last decade (2003–2008) the figure moved down 24%.
Key figures
Latest (2008)
3.76%
First (1971)
4.53%
Change
-17.0%
Highest
5.61%
in 1982
Lowest
3.68%
in 2007
Average
4.60%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.50%
Years of data
23
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2008 | 3.76% |
| 2007 | 3.68% |
| 2006 | 4% |
| 2005 | 4.79% |
| 2004 | 4.67% |
| 2003 | 4.95% |
| 1996 | 4.67% |
| 1995 | 4.6% |
| 1994 | 4.58% |
| 1993 | 4.2% |
| 1992 | 4.05% |
| 1989 | 4.6% |
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.