# Government spending on education, share of GDP in Egypt

Government spending on education, share of GDP in Egypt was 3.8% of GDP in 2008. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

- Indicator id: `education_expenditure_gdp`
- Place id: `eg`
- Unit: % of GDP
- Definition: General government expenditure on education at all levels (current, capital and transfers), as a percentage of GDP. Includes spending funded by international transfers to government. UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- Note: Government spending only: fees and other money paid by households and private bodies are left out, so countries where families pay a large share show lower values. For some countries UIS takes the figure from government budget documents, so a recent year can be revised when final accounts come in. Countries only; UIS publishes no World figure.
- Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, Government expenditure on education, total, % of GDP (SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS), via World Bank, World Development Indicators (https://data.worldbank.org)
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- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
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- Citation: Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). Government expenditure on education, total, % of GDP (SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS). Retrieved through World Bank World Development Indicators (data.worldbank.org). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-12. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. UIS does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.
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| Period | % of GDP |
|---|---:|
| 2008 | 3.8 |
| 2007 | 3.7 |
| 2006 | 4 |
| 2005 | 4.8 |
| 2004 | 4.7 |
| 2003 | 4.9 |
| 1996 | 4.7 |
| 1995 | 4.6 |
| 1994 | 4.6 |
| 1993 | 4.2 |
| 1992 | 4.1 |
| 1989 | 4.6 |
| 1988 | 4.5 |
| 1983 | 5.2 |
| 1982 | 5.6 |
| 1980 | 4.3 |
| 1978 | 4.9 |
| 1977 | 4.5 |
| 1976 | 4.9 |
| 1975 | 4.9 |
| 1974 | 5.2 |
| 1972 | 4.5 |
| 1971 | 4.5 |