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Brazil — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Brazil, 1995–2022.
Latest value · 2022
5.62%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +23.0% since 1995
Education spending for Brazil was 5.62% in 2022, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 25 years, from 1995 to 2022. The highest recorded value was 6.32% in 2017. The lowest was 3.75% in 2002 (about 1.5× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.77% per year.
Brazil ranks 31 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 18%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 4.27%, so Brazil sits above it. It peaked in 2017 and has fallen 11% since. Over the last decade (2012–2022) the figure moved down 4%.
Key figures
Latest (2022)
5.62%
First (1995)
4.57%
Change
+23.0%
Highest
6.32%
in 2017
Lowest
3.75%
in 2002
Average
5.22%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.77%
Years of data
25
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 5.62% |
| 2021 | 5.5% |
| 2020 | 5.77% |
| 2019 | 5.96% |
| 2018 | 6.09% |
| 2017 | 6.32% |
| 2016 | 6.31% |
| 2015 | 6.24% |
| 2014 | 5.95% |
| 2013 | 5.84% |
| 2012 | 5.86% |
| 2011 | 5.74% |
Reading this correctly. Total general government expenditure on education, expressed as a percentage of GDP. Includes both current and capital spending. Figures are in % of GDP. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS — Government Education Spending (% of GDP). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.