Brazil — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Brazil, 1995–2022.
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%. Within Latin America & Caribbean it ranks 5 of 36 economies; Jamaica (5.51%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was down 20% in 1999. That is 6% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
Doubling roughly every 90 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 29th of 75 in 1995 → 57th of 116 in 2000 → 28th of 130 in 2010 → 30th of 157 in 2020 → 27th of 150 in 2022.
Key figures
Full history — 1995 to 2022
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5.62% | +0.1 pp |
| 2021 | 5.5% | -0.3 pp |
| 2020 | 5.77% | -0.2 pp |
| 2019 | 5.96% | -0.1 pp |
| 2018 | 6.09% | -0.2 pp |
| 2017 | 6.32% | +0.0 pp |
| 2016 | 6.31% | +0.1 pp |
| 2015 | 6.24% | +0.3 pp |
| 2014 | 5.95% | +0.1 pp |
| 2013 | 5.84% | -0.0 pp |
| 2012 | 5.86% | +0.1 pp |
| 2011 | 5.74% | +0.1 pp |
| 2010 | 5.65% | +0.2 pp |
| 2009 | 5.46% | +0.2 pp |
| 2008 | 5.27% | +0.3 pp |
| 2007 | 4.97% | +0.1 pp |
| 2006 | 4.87% | +0.4 pp |
| 2005 | 4.48% | +0.5 pp |
| 2004 | 3.97% | +0.2 pp |
| 2002 | 3.75% | -0.1 pp |
| 2001 | 3.84% | -0.1 pp |
| 2000 | 3.95% | +0.1 pp |
| 1999 | 3.8% | -1.0 pp |
| 1998 | 4.76% | +0.2 pp |
| 1995 | 4.57% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Brazil’s Education spending in 1998?
4.76% (1998). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in % of GDP, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Brazil’s Education spending growing or shrinking?
Between 1995 and 2022 the series was growing overall: +23.0% in total — about 0.8% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2022: 5.62%; 2021: 5.5%; 2020: 5.77%; 2019: 5.96%; 2018: 6.09%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
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.