Current education expenditure, total (% of total expenditure in public institutions) - Country Ranking - Middle East

Definition: Current expenditure is expressed as a percentage of direct expenditure in public educational institutions (instructional and non-instructional) of the specified level of education. Financial aid to students and other transfers are excluded from direct expenditure. Current expenditure is consumed within the current year and would have to be renewed if needed in the following year. It includes staff compensation and current expenditure other than for staff compensation (ex. on teaching materials, ancillary services and administration).

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Uzbekistan 100.00 2020
2 Lebanon 99.82 2012
3 Bahrain 96.15 2012
4 Iran 94.14 2019
5 Kuwait 92.27 2005
6 Oman 90.17 2020
7 Kyrgyz Republic 89.87 2019
8 Turkey 89.45 2006
9 Israel 88.79 2018
10 Tajikistan 86.02 2015
11 Jordan 85.68 2019
12 Qatar 85.15 2019
13 Afghanistan 80.41 2015
14 Pakistan 75.44 2013
15 Yemen 74.25 2008
16 United Arab Emirates 73.77 2019
17 Turkmenistan 66.31 2012

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Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Current expenditure, total is calculated by dividing all current expenditure in public institutions of all levels of education by total expenditure (current and capital) in public institutions of all levels of education, and multiplying by 100. Aggregate data are based on World Bank estimates. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Aggregation method: Median

Periodicity: Annual