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Jordan — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Jordan, 1970–2024.
Latest value · 2024
3.23%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · -10.9% since 1970
Education spending for Jordan was 3.23% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1970 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 7.48% in 1996. The lowest was 2.39% in 1972 (about 1.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.21% per year.
Jordan ranks 125 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 73%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 4.38%, so Jordan sits below it. It peaked in 1996 and has fallen 57% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 14%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
3.23%
First (1970)
3.63%
Change
-10.9%
Highest
7.48%
in 1996
Lowest
2.39%
in 1972
Average
3.95%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.21%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.23% |
| 2023 | 3.51% |
| 2022 | 3.15% |
| 2021 | 3.14% |
| 2020 | 3.55% |
| 2019 | 2.99% |
| 2018 | 2.95% |
| 2017 | 3.21% |
| 2016 | 3.45% |
| 2015 | 3.71% |
| 2014 | 3.77% |
| 2013 | 3.78% |
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.