# 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)

| 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 |

### 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 |

### Most productive universities in OIC

| 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 |