Education spending in Jordan

Government spending on education in Jordan was equal to 3.2% of GDP in 2024.

Jordan, 2024 3.2% % of GDP
Change from 2023 −0.3percentage points 2023: 3.5%
World, 2023 3.6% Official aggregate Not the same period as Jordan (2024).

Education spending in Jordan over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Government expenditure on education as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2024
Period JordanWorld
2024 3.2% –
2023 3.5% 3.6%
2022 3.2% 3.9%
2021 3.1% 4.2%
2020 3.6% 4.3%
2019 3.0% 4.2%
2018 3.0% 4.2%
2017 3.2% 4.1%
2016 3.5% 4.2%
2015 3.7% 4.2%
2014 3.8% 4.2%
2013 3.8% 4.3%
2012 3.6% 4.0%
2011 3.6% 4.1%
2010 3.2% 4.2%
2009 – 4.7%
2008 – 4.2%
2007 – 4.0%
2006 – 4.0%
2005 – 4.0%
2004 – 3.9%
2003 – 4.1%
2002 – 3.9%
2001 – 3.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.3 percentage points from 3.5% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 3.8%, the figure has changed by −0.5 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1970 to 2024 for Jordan
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics