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Lebanon — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Lebanon, 1993–2024.
Latest value · 2024
1.22%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · -26.5% since 1993
Education spending for Lebanon was 1.22% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 1993 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 2.84% in 2001. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.99% per year.
Lebanon ranks 170 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 99%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 4.38%, so Lebanon sits below it. It peaked in 2001 and has fallen 57% since. Over the last decade (2016–2024) the figure moved down 44%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
1.22%
First (1993)
1.67%
Change
-26.5%
Highest
2.84%
in 2001
Lowest
1.22%
in 2024
Average
2.15%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.99%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.22% |
| 2023 | 1.5% |
| 2022 | 1.33% |
| 2020 | 2.44% |
| 2019 | 2.52% |
| 2018 | 2.62% |
| 2017 | 2.22% |
| 2016 | 2.18% |
| 2013 | 2.43% |
| 2012 | 2.15% |
| 2011 | 1.65% |
| 2010 | 1.61% |
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.