How does Saudi Arabia rank for adjusted savings: education expenditure (current us$), per unit of gdp?

Saudi Arabia ranks 14th out of 194 countries with data for 2020.

Is adjusted savings: education expenditure (current us$), per unit of gdp rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?

Over the last ten years it is down 7.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Adjusted savings: education expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP in Saudi Arabia

Name: Adjusted savings: education expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP in Saudi Arabia
Creator: Statizoid (derived)
License: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page

Saudi Arabia: Adjusted savings: education expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP was 0.0671 current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2020. ▲ Rising

Latest (2020)

0.0671 current US$ per US$ of GDP

Change on year

up 2.3%

World rank

14th

of 194 countries

All-time high

0.0733 current US$ per US$ of GDP

in 2009

All-time low

0.0195 current US$ per US$ of GDP

in 1973

Years of data

1970–2020

Adjusted savings: education expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP in Saudi Arabia, 1970–2020

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in current US$ per US$ of GDP.

Analysis

In 2020, adjusted savings: education expenditure (current us$), per unit of gdp in Saudi Arabia stood at 0.0671 current US$ per US$ of GDP.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.3% on the previous year and down 7.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, adjusted savings: education expenditure (current us$), per unit of gdp in Saudi Arabia peaked at 0.0733 current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0.0195 current US$ per US$ of GDP, in 1973.

That places Saudi Arabia 14th out of 194 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.

Adjusted savings: education expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP in Saudi Arabia, year by year

Annual values for Adjusted savings: education expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP in Saudi Arabia, 1970 to 2020.
Year	current US$ per US$ of GDP	Change
1970	0.021 current US$ per US$ of GDP	—
1971	0.0206 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-1.9%
1972	0.0201 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-2.7%
1973	0.0195 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-2.5%
1974	0.0233 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+19.3%
1975	0.022 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-5.6%
1976	0.0261 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+18.7%
1977	0.0259 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-0.7%
1978	0.0276 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+6.5%
1979	0.0361 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+30.5%
1980	0.0263 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-27.0%
1981	0.0245 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-6.9%
1982	0.0265 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+8.0%
1983	0.0392 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+48.0%
1984	0.0441 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+12.5%
1985	0.0603 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+36.8%
1986	0.0516 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-14.4%
1987	0.0622 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+20.6%
1988	0.062 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-0.4%
1989	0.0613 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-1.0%
1990	0.0591 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-3.6%
1991	0.052 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-12.1%
1992	0.0475 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-8.6%
1993	0.0561 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+18.0%
1994	0.0583 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+4.0%
1995	0.0548 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-6.0%
1996	0.047 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-14.3%
1997	0.042 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-10.7%
1998	0.0725 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+72.7%
1999	0.0728 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+0.4%
2000	0.0722 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-0.8%
2001	0.0726 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+0.5%
2002	0.0724 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-0.3%
2003	0.0721 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-0.3%
2004	0.0723 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+0.3%
2005	0.0725 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+0.2%
2006	0.0726 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+0.2%
2007	0.073 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+0.5%
2008	0.0731 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+0.2%
2009	0.0733 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+0.2%
2010	0.0728 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-0.7%
2011	0.0719 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-1.3%
2012	0.0714 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-0.7%
2013	0.071 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-0.6%
2014	0.0706 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-0.6%
2015	0.0696 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-1.4%
2016	0.0689 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-1.0%
2017	0.0678 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-1.6%
2018	0.0668 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-1.4%
2019	0.0656 current US$ per US$ of GDP	-1.8%
2020	0.0671 current US$ per US$ of GDP	+2.3%

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Adjusted savings: education expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP in Saudi Arabia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

Year	Change	From	To
1998	+72.7%	0.042 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0725 current US$ per US$ of GDP
1983	+48.0%	0.0265 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0392 current US$ per US$ of GDP
1985	+36.8%	0.0441 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0603 current US$ per US$ of GDP
1979	+30.5%	0.0276 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0361 current US$ per US$ of GDP
1980	-27.0%	0.0361 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0263 current US$ per US$ of GDP

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1970s	0.0242 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0195 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0361 current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
1980s	0.0458 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0245 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0622 current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
1990s	0.0562 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.042 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0728 current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
2000s	0.0726 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0721 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0733 current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
2010s	0.0696 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0656 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0728 current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
2020s	0.0671 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0671 current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0671 current US$ per US$ of GDP	1

Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia

11 Sweden 0.0733 current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
12 New Zealand 0.0713 current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
13 Papua New Guinea 0.0674 current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
15 Iceland 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
16 Norway 0.0651 current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
17 Eswatini 0.064 current US$ per US$ of GDP compare

See the full ranking of 194 places →

More economy & growth data for Saudi Arabia

Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 2.26 Percent per annum (2029)
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 3.52 Percent per annum (2029)
Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 27.03 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0212 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 731.09 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 32.63 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual 52.91 % change on previous year (2025)
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0256 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 882.47 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 8.9 % change on previous year (2025)

All data for Saudi Arabia →

Frequently asked questions

What is adjusted savings: education expenditure (current us$), per unit of gdp in Saudi Arabia?: Adjusted savings: education expenditure (current us$), per unit of gdp in Saudi Arabia was 0.0671 current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2020, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest adjusted savings: education expenditure (current us$), per unit of gdp recorded in Saudi Arabia?: The highest recorded value was 0.0733 current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2009.
What is the lowest adjusted savings: education expenditure (current us$), per unit of gdp recorded in Saudi Arabia?: The lowest recorded value was 0.0195 current US$ per US$ of GDP in 1973.
How does Saudi Arabia rank for adjusted savings: education expenditure (current us$), per unit of gdp?: Saudi Arabia ranks 14th out of 194 countries with data for 2020.
Is adjusted savings: education expenditure (current us$), per unit of gdp rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?: Over the last ten years it is down 7.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Saudi Arabia data come from?: The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Adjusted savings: education expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 51 observations, free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page.

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Adjusted savings: education expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP in Saudi Arabia. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 28 September 2026, from https://economy.statizoid.com/stat/adjusted-savings-education-expenditure-current-us-per-unit-of-gdp/saudi-arabia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://economy.statizoid.com/stat/adjusted-savings-education-expenditure-current-us-per-unit-of-gdp/saudi-arabia/">Adjusted savings: education expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP in Saudi Arabia</a> — Statizoid

How this figure is calculated

Adjusted savings: education expenditure (current US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Adjusted savings: education expenditure (current US$) ÷ GDP (current US$)

Computed from

Adjusted savings: education expenditure Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
GDP Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks

Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.

About this data

Indicator: Adjusted savings: education expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP
Unit: current US$ per US$ of GDP
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 194 places, 8,330 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed: 27 September 2026

Adjusted savings: education expenditure (current US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.