Education share of public spending in Brazil

Education made up 12.9% of government spending in Brazil in 2022.

Measure: Education spending as a share of total government expenditure Unit: % of total government expenditure Data: 1995 to 2022 Source: UNESCO UIS
Brazil, 2022 12.9% % of total government expenditure
Change from 2021 −0.7percentage points 2021: 13.6%
Median of G20 countries, 2022 12.0% Middle value of 12 countries
Position in 2022 75th of 156 See the full ranking

Education share of public spending in Brazil over time

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% of total government expenditure. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Education spending as a share of total government expenditure (% of total government expenditure), 2001 to 2022
Period Brazil
2022 12.9%
2021 13.6%
2020 12.5%
2019 13.9%
2018 13.8%
2017 14.3%
2016 13.9%
2015 13.5%
2014 14.4%
2013 14.7%
2012 14.9%
2011 14.6%
2010 14.3%
2009 13.5%
2008 13.2%
2007 12.3%
2006 11.4%
2005 10.7%
2004 10.0%
2002 8.4%
2001 9.7%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.7 percentage points from 13.6% in 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 14.9%, the figure has changed by −2.0 percentage points.
  • Among the 156 countries with data for 2022, Brazil has the 75th highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
XGOVEXP.IMF · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1995 to 2022 for Brazil
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org