Public Spending On Education

Middle East Ranking

percent of GDPSource: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1 ↑	Kuwait	6.55	2020	2	6.49
2 ↑	Israel	6.16	2018	4	5.86
3 ↑	Oman	5.41	2019	5	5.21
4 ↓	Yemen	5.15	2008	1	9.24
5 ↓	Saudi Arabia	5.14	2008	3	5.89
6	Syria	5.13	2009	6	4.6
7	Iran	3.66	2019	7	3.96
8 ↑	Iraq	3.55	1989	14	2.42
9 ↓	Afghanistan	3.21	2019	8	3.2
10 ↑	Qatar	3.19	2020	11	2.81
11 ↑	United Arab Emirates	3.1	2019	15
12 ↓	Turkey	2.99	2004	10	2.85
12 ↓	Jordan	2.99	2019	9	2.98
14 ↓	Lebanon	2.59	2019	13	2.52
15 ↓	Bahrain	2.32	2017	12	2.67

Definition of Public Spending On Education

General government expenditure on education (current, capital, and transfers) is expressed as a percentage of GDP. It includes expenditure funded by transfers from international sources to government. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments.