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Iran, Islamic Rep. — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Iran, Islamic Rep., 1971–2023.
Latest value · 2023
2.82%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +2.0% since 1971
Education spending for Iran, Islamic Rep. was 2.82% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 45 years, from 1971 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 7.13% in 1981. The lowest was 2.62% in 2014 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.04% per year.
Iran, Islamic Rep. ranks 143 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 83%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 4.38%, so Iran, Islamic Rep. sits below it. It peaked in 1981 and has fallen 60% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 1%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
2.82%
First (1971)
2.77%
Change
+2.0%
Highest
7.13%
in 1981
Lowest
2.62%
in 2014
Average
3.75%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.04%
Years of data
45
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.82% |
| 2022 | 2.67% |
| 2020 | 3.2% |
| 2019 | 3.24% |
| 2018 | 3.62% |
| 2017 | 3.46% |
| 2016 | 3.17% |
| 2015 | 2.63% |
| 2014 | 2.62% |
| 2013 | 2.85% |
| 2012 | 2.94% |
| 2011 | 3.48% |
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.