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Education in the member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation

Summary

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

Statistics edit

Public expenditure on education (% of GDP) edit

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 edit

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?] edit

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 edit

  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 edit

External links edit

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