Brazil vs Jamaica: Government spending on education overall vs. primary education

Brazil

5.6%

in 2022

Jamaica

5.5%

in 2024

Brazil rank

35th

Jamaica rank

36th

Government spending on education overall vs. primary education over time

Brazil currently reports 5.6% against 5.5% in Jamaica, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 22 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Brazil ahead.

Globally, Brazil ranks 35th and Jamaica ranks 36th of 199 countries.

Indicator: Government spending on education overall vs. primary education
Unit: % of GDP
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 5,140 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Total annual general government spending on all levels of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP.