Education spending in Brazil

Government spending on education in Brazil was equal to 5.6% of GDP in 2022.

Brazil, 2022 5.6% % of GDP
Change from 2021 +0.1percentage points 2021: 5.5%
World, 2022 3.9% Official aggregate
Median of G20 countries, 2022 4.8% Middle value of 14 countries
Position in 2022 30th of 164 See the full ranking

Education spending in Brazil over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Government expenditure on education as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2023
Period BrazilWorld
2023 – 3.6%
2022 5.6% 3.9%
2021 5.5% 4.2%
2020 5.8% 4.3%
2019 6.0% 4.2%
2018 6.1% 4.2%
2017 6.3% 4.1%
2016 6.3% 4.2%
2015 6.2% 4.2%
2014 5.9% 4.2%
2013 5.8% 4.3%
2012 5.9% 4.0%
2011 5.7% 4.1%
2010 5.6% 4.2%
2009 5.5% 4.7%
2008 5.3% 4.2%
2007 5.0% 4.0%
2006 4.9% 4.0%
2005 4.5% 4.0%
2004 4.0% 3.9%
2003 – 4.1%
2002 3.8% 3.9%
2001 3.8% 3.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 5.5% in 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 5.9%, the figure has changed by −0.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 164 countries with data for 2022, Brazil has the 30th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2022 was 3.9%.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1995 to 2022 for Brazil
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics