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Mauritania
Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP)

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.

Global rank#4out of 40 countries
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Historical trend

7.66.14.52.91.4199720112024Mauritania · 2024: 7.61%Mauritania

Analytical takeaways

  • Mauritania records 7.61% for Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) in 2024, ranking #4 globally out of 40 countries.
  • Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) increased from 1.59% in 1997 to 7.61% in 2024, a gain of 6.02%.
  • The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.

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