Brazil: Expenditure on secondary education (% of government expenditure on education)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2015, Brazil's expenditure on secondary education (% of government expenditure on education) fell 1.72 percentage points on 2014 (from 43.09% to 41.37%).

Across the 14 yearly changes before that (1999 to 2014), the average change was +0.46 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.82 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 5 percentage points in 2006 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.94 percentage points in 1999. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2006 to 2015 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 16% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2015, Brazil had the 6th highest value of the 17 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Brazil in the 2015 ranking

• Portugal — 3rd of 17: 42.61%
• Kenya — 4th of 17: 41.76%
• Bhutan — 5th of 17: 41.49%
• Luxembourg — 7th of 17: 40.71%
• Malta — 8th of 17: 37.54%
• Pakistan — 9th of 17: 37.39%

What this measures

Expenditure on secondary education is expressed as a percentage of total general government expenditure on education. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments.

Limitations: Data disaggregated by level of education are estimates in some instances. It is often difficult to separate lower from upper secondary education expenditure, or pre-primary from primary.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a median.

All 18 values

Expenditure on secondary education (% of government expenditure on education) in nearby economies

• Argentina — 39.54% (2017)
• Aruba — 33.25% (2016)
• Barbados — 39.31% (2016)
• Belize — 39.95% (2017)
• British Virgin Islands — 35.07% (2017)
• Chile — 28.47% (2017)
• Colombia — 38.06% (2018)
• Costa Rica — 28.68% (2018)

More education data for Brazil

• Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 5 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 11 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 15.11 million (2024)
• Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary — 19.24 (2017)
• Tertiary education, academic staff (% female) — 46.97% (2024)
• Secondary education, general pupils — 22.16 million (2017)
• Educational attainment, at least completed short-cycle tertiary, population 25+, female (%) (cumulative) — 24.48% (2024)

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Questions people ask

What is Brazil's expenditure on secondary education (% of government expenditure on education)?

41.37% in 2015, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1995?

It is up 21.23 percentage points from 20.14% in 1995. The highest value was 45.12% in 2011 and the lowest 20.14% in 1995.

How does Brazil rank?

6th highest of 17 economies with data for 2015.

Is the latest change in expenditure on secondary education (% of government expenditure on education) unusual for Brazil?

In 2015, Brazil's expenditure on secondary education (% of government expenditure on education) fell 1.72 percentage points on 2014 (from 43.09% to 41.37%). Across the 14 yearly changes before that (1999 to 2014), the average change was +0.46 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.82 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.XPD.SECO.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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