Education in the member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation

The public spending on education in the 57 Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) countries is one of the lowest in the world.

Statistics

Public expenditure on education (% of GDP)

Rank Country Expenditure on education

(% of GDP)

Year
 Kuwait 3.8 2012
 Maldives 7.2 2012
 Tunisia 6.2 2012
 Malaysia 5.1 2012
 Morocco 5.4 2012
 Djibouti 8.4 2012
 Guyana 3.6 2012
 Uganda 3.3 2012
 Iran 4.7 2012
 Oman 4.3 2012
 Kyrgyzstan 5.8 2012
 Senegal 7.1 2014
 Comoros 7.6 2012
 Cameroon 3.0 2013
 Turkey 4.4 2014
 Mauritania 3.7 2012
 Azerbaijan 3.0 2015
 Benin 5.3 2012
 Albania 3.5 2014
 Tajikistan 5.2 2015
 Lebanon 2.3 2013
 Togo 4.6 2012
 Kazakhstan 3.0 2016
 Niger 6.0 2015
 Bangladesh 2.2 2012
 Pakistan 2.8 2017
 Gambia 3.9 2012
 United Arab Emirates 1.3 2000
 Indonesia 3.6 2015
 Afghanistan 3.1 2012
 Algeria 4.3 2012
 Bahrain 2.7 2016
 Brunei 3.3 2012
 Burkina Faso 4.2 2015
 Chad 2.9 2013
 Ivory Coast 4.8 2015
 Egypt 3.8 2012
 Gabon 2.7 2014
 Guinea 3.1 2012
 Guinea-Bissau 2.1 2012
 Iraq 3.5 1989
 Jordan 4.9 1999
 Libya 2.3 1999
 Mali 4.7 2012
 Mozambique 6.5 2014
 Nigeria 3.1 1975
 Palestine 6.9 2017
 Qatar 3.6 2014
 Saudi Arabia 5.6 2012
 Sierra Leone 2.7 2012
 Somalia 7.8 2017
 Sudan 2.2 2008
 Suriname 9.8 1985
 Syria 5.1 2012
 Turkmenistan 3.0 2012
 Uzbekistan 7.4 1995
 Yemen 5.2 2012
 OIC Median 4.4 3.7

[Note 1]

Scientifically productive countries

Rank Country 10-yr Publications Top discipline
1 Turkey 82,407 Surgery
2 Egypt 27,723 Applied Mathematics
3 Iran 19,114 Chemistry
4 Saudi Arabia 17,472 Gen - Internal Medicine
5 Malaysia 10,674 Crystallography
6 Morocco 10,113 Physical Chemistry
7 Nigeria 9,105 Food Science & Technology
8 Pakistan 7,832 Plant Sciences
9 Jordan 6,384 Chemical Engineering
10 Kuwait 5,930 Gen - Internal Medicine

[Note 2]

Most productive universities in OIC[when?]

Rank University Country Publications
1 University Hacettepe Turkey 8,971
2 University Istanbul Turkey 6,488
3 Ankara University Turkey 5,982
4 Cairo University Egypt 4,977
5 Kuwait University Kuwait 4,495
6 King Saud University Saudi Arabia 4,336
7 Middle Eastern Technical U. Turkey 4,215
8 Gazi University Turkey 3,652
9 Istanbul Technical U. Turkey 3,452
10 Ege University Turkey 3,336
11 King Fahd University Saudi Arabia 3,323
12 Ains Shams University Egypt 3,129
13 University Malaya Malaysia 2,862
14 National Research Center Egypt 2,651
15 Alexandria University Egypt 2,628
16 American University Beirut Lebanon 2,568
17 Atatürk University Turkey 2,535
18 United Arab Emirates U. UAE 2,478
19 Mansoura University Egypt 2,439
20 King Faisal Research Center Saudi Arabia 2,434
21 University Sains Malaysia Malaysia 2,402
22 Dokuz Eylul University Turkey 2,389
23 Uzbek Academy of Science Uzbekistan 2,169
24 Cukurova University Turkey 2,026
25 University of Tehran Iran 1,962

[Note 3]

Notes

  1. ^ Human Development Report 2006
  2. ^ Promoting Scientific Innovation in the Muslim World By Athar Osama, and COMSTECH As measured by publications frequency between 1995-2005
  3. ^ Promoting Scientific Innovation in the Muslim World By Athar Osama, and COMSTECH As Ten-year Publication Rate (1995-2005)

See also

External links

  • Official website
  • Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Archived 2018-03-31 at the Wayback Machine
  • OIC Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation


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