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Israel — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Israel, 1973–2022.
Latest value · 2022
5.93%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +16.2% since 1973
Education spending for Israel was 5.93% in 2022, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 47 years, from 1973 to 2022. The highest recorded value was 7.63% in 1985. The lowest was 4.29% in 1988 (about 1.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.31% per year.
Israel ranks 27 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 16%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 4.38%, so Israel sits above it. It peaked in 1985 and has fallen 22% since. Over the last decade (2012–2022) the figure moved up 7%.
Key figures
Latest (2022)
5.93%
First (1973)
5.10%
Change
+16.2%
Highest
7.63%
in 1985
Lowest
4.29%
in 1988
Average
5.87%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.31%
Years of data
47
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 5.93% |
| 2021 | 6.17% |
| 2020 | 6.52% |
| 2019 | 6.07% |
| 2018 | 6.07% |
| 2017 | 6% |
| 2016 | 5.8% |
| 2015 | 5.8% |
| 2014 | 5.69% |
| 2013 | 5.77% |
| 2012 | 5.56% |
| 2011 | 5.43% |
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.