Education budget

The UAE Government allocates a significant share of the federal budget for development of the education system every year, in order to provide quality education services and enhance a knowledge-based economy. The following are the amounts allocated for the education sector for the years 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 as per the draft budget sheets for those years.

The federal budget allocated for education in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020
Year	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Budget allocated	AED 6.526 billion	AED 10.2 billion	AED 10.4 billion	AED 10.146 billion	AED 10.41 billion
Percentage of federal budget allocated to education	13.44%	20.5%	20.23%	16.8%	14.8%

Review details of the federal budgets from 2011 to 2021- Ministry of Finance.

Updated On :

22 May 2025

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