# Government spending on education, share of government spending in Saudi Arabia

Government spending on education, share of government spending in Saudi Arabia was 15.6% in 2024. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

- Indicator id: `education_expenditure_govt_share`
- Place id: `sa`
- Unit: %
- Definition: General government expenditure on education as a percentage of total general government expenditure on all sectors. Calculated and published by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- Note: A share of the government budget, not of GDP; for that see education_expenditure_gdp. UIS divides by total government spending from IMF figures or, for some countries, from government budget documents, so a recent year can be revised. Countries only; UIS publishes no World figure.
- Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, Government expenditure on education, total, % of government expenditure (SE.XPD.TOTL.GB.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.XPD.TOTL.GB.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 government expenditure (SE.XPD.TOTL.GB.ZS). Retrieved through World Bank World Development Indicators (data.worldbank.org). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.XPD.TOTL.GB.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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- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=education_expenditure_govt_share&place=sa

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 15.6 |
| 2023 | 15.8 |
| 2008 | 19.3 |
| 2006 | 21.6 |
| 2005 | 19.3 |
| 2004 | 20.2 |
| 2003 | 21.5 |
| 2002 | 21.3 |
| 2001 | 20.9 |
| 2000 | 17.8 |
| 1999 | 23.3 |
| 1998 | 24 |
| 1997 | 12.3 |
| 1996 | 15.3 |
| 1995 | 16.8 |
| 1994 | 16.8 |
| 1993 | 14.6 |
| 1992 | 14.7 |
| 1991 | 14.7 |