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Kuwait — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Kuwait, 1971–2024.
Latest value · 2024
6.44%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +95.8% since 1971
Education spending for Kuwait was 6.44% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 33 years, from 1971 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 14.20% in 1992. The lowest was 2.14% in 1975 (about 3.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.28% per year.
Kuwait ranks 18 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 10%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 4.38%, so Kuwait sits above it. It peaked in 1992 and has fallen 55% since. Over the last decade (2016–2024) the figure moved up 8%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
6.44%
First (1971)
3.29%
Change
+95.8%
Highest
14.20%
in 1992
Lowest
2.14%
in 1975
Average
5.11%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.28%
Years of data
33
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 6.44% |
| 2023 | 5.03% |
| 2022 | 6.58% |
| 2021 | 7.76% |
| 2020 | 6.25% |
| 2019 | 6.73% |
| 2018 | 6.39% |
| 2017 | 6.35% |
| 2016 | 5.96% |
| 2006 | 3.76% |
| 2005 | 4.74% |
| 2004 | 5.54% |
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.