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Tunisia — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Tunisia, 1980–2023.
Latest value · 2023
6.73%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +28.6% since 1980
Education spending for Tunisia was 6.73% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 34 years, from 1980 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 7.27% in 2020. The lowest was 4.89% in 1981 (about 1.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.59% per year.
Tunisia ranks 14 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 8%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 4.38%, so Tunisia sits above it. It peaked in 2020 and has fallen 7% since. Over the last decade (2015–2023) the figure moved up 8%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
6.73%
First (1980)
5.24%
Change
+28.6%
Highest
7.27%
in 2020
Lowest
4.89%
in 1981
Average
6.14%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.59%
Years of data
34
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 6.73% |
| 2022 | 6.8% |
| 2021 | 6.68% |
| 2020 | 7.27% |
| 2019 | 6.17% |
| 2015 | 6.22% |
| 2012 | 5.95% |
| 2010 | 5.96% |
| 2009 | 6.53% |
| 2008 | 6.27% |
| 2007 | 6.46% |
| 2006 | 6.44% |
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.