Public expenditure on education as % of GDP is the total public expenditure (current and capital) on education expressed as a percentage of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in a given year. Public expenditure on education includes government spending on educational institutions (both public and private), education administration, and transfers/subsidies for private entities (students/households and other privates entities).
| 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 7.0 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 6.2 | 5.5 | 4.7 | 5.6 | |||||
| Morocco | 4.5 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 6.0 | |||||
| Tunisia | 5.8 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 7.3 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 6.7 | ||||||
| Mauritania | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 2.6 |