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Average years of schooling of adults 4.9 [69th of 100]
Children out of school, primary 799,691 Time series [12th of 126]
Duration of compulsory education 8 years [120th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level 4 [180th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level 7 [65th of 181]
Education spending (% of GDP) 4.2% [78th of 132]
Education spending (% of total government expenditure) 12% [73rd of 96]
Education, primary completion rate 105 Time series [13th of 148]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level 71.3% [56th of 135]
Geographical aptitude results 78.34 [6th of 191]
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 13 800 hours [34th of 38]
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 9 800 hours [19th of 38]
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure 10.86 % Time series [63rd of 103]
Public spending per student > Primary level 12.5 [77th of 126]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 21.57 Time series [80th of 159]
School life expectancy > Male 13.2 years [36th of 97]
School life expectancy > Total 13.4 years [37th of 110]
Teaching weeks per year > Primary 40 weeks per year [12th of 36]
Tertiary enrollment 16.5% [77th of 151]
Universities > Top 500 4 [24th of 38]

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SOURCES: UNESCO; World Development Indicators database; United Nations Human Development Programme; Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics; The Geography Zone; UNESCO Institute of Statistics; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; Shanghai Jiao Tong University

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Brazil, Federative Republic of Brazil, Republica Federativa do Brasil, Brasil

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Arista
7th September 2011
Pretty interesting! :) I ♥ Brazil!
Chelsea
14th April 2011
Wooow i kinda knew about some things but i really could not find the answer for how long it takes to New Jersey to Brazil i need that answer for Social Studies


About me: straight A student
Jenania
22nd April 2009
Wow!!! I really didn't even know all of that!!! Thanks!!!
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