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Oman — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Oman, 1986–2022.
Latest value · 2022
4.38%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +15.6% since 1986
Education spending for Oman was 4.38% in 2022, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 28 years, from 1986 to 2022. The highest recorded value was 6.88% in 2020. The lowest was 2.49% in 1990 (about 1.8× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.40% per year.
Oman ranks 78 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 45%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 4.38%, so Oman sits level with it. It peaked in 2020 and has fallen 36% since. Over the last decade (2013–2022) the figure moved up 1%.
Key figures
Latest (2022)
4.38%
First (1986)
3.79%
Change
+15.6%
Highest
6.88%
in 2020
Lowest
2.49%
in 1990
Average
3.64%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.40%
Years of data
28
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.38% |
| 2020 | 6.88% |
| 2019 | 5.06% |
| 2018 | 4.59% |
| 2017 | 6% |
| 2013 | 4.35% |
| 2009 | 3.65% |
| 2006 | 3.37% |
| 2005 | 3.08% |
| 2004 | 3.52% |
| 2003 | 3.41% |
| 2002 | 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.