Turkey's Ministry of National Education budget share declines

According to the 2027-2029 Medium-Term Program prepared by the Presidency of Strategy and Budget, the Ministry of National Education (MEB) is seeing a systematic decline in its share of the central budget. While the MEB budget is projected to increase to 2.248 trillion TL in 2027, its share of the total central budget is expected to drop to 9.8%, down from 13.1% a decade ago.

Data indicates that 83% of the education budget is allocated to salaries and mandatory expenditures, leaving only 7% for the education of 17 million students. Capital expenditures account for 8.2%, while goods and services procurement receive 7%.