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Qatar — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Qatar, 1971–2020.
Latest value · 2020
3.23%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +7.8% since 1971
Education spending for Qatar was 3.23% in 2020, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 1971 to 2020. The highest recorded value was 4.54% in 2010. The lowest was 1.75% in 1976 (about 1.9× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.15% per year.
Qatar ranks 123 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 72%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 4.38%, so Qatar sits below it. It peaked in 2010 and has fallen 29% since. Over the last decade (2010–2020) the figure moved down 29%.
Key figures
Latest (2020)
3.23%
First (1971)
3.00%
Change
+7.8%
Highest
4.54%
in 2010
Lowest
1.75%
in 1976
Average
3.37%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.15%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 3.23% |
| 2019 | 2.8% |
| 2017 | 2.97% |
| 2014 | 3.61% |
| 2013 | 4.07% |
| 2012 | 3.51% |
| 2011 | 4.01% |
| 2010 | 4.54% |
| 2009 | 3.41% |
| 2008 | 4.23% |
| 2005 | 3.97% |
| 2004 | 3.46% |
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.