Federal transfers paid to basic education (R$ billion, constant prices)

siconfi.transf_educ_basica_uniao_paga · National Treasury — Siconfi (DCA) and Central Bank (IPCA) · Despesas Pagas|28.847 - Transferências para a Educação Básica

Definition

Annual amount of the Union's spending paid in the Transfers to Basic Education sub-function, in R$ billion at prices of the latest full year, deflated by the annual average of the IPCA. This sub-function belongs to the Special Charges function, not the Education function, so it is not part of the `siconfi.educ_uniao_paga` total; its exact content (for example, how much is the Fundeb top-up) was not checked.

Formula: Nominal DCA Annex I-E amount ÷ annual average IPCA index × base-year average index ÷ one billion.
Unit: R$ billion, at prices of the latest full year
License: ODbL-1.0

This visualization is descriptive and does not show that a government caused the change. See the methodology.

Federal transfers paid to basic education (R$ billion, constant prices)

R$ billion, at prices of the latest full year. Background bands: Brazil's presidents. Years with data: Brazil: 2014–2025.

Federal transfers paid to basic education (R$ billion, constant prices): Source: National Treasury — Siconfi (DCA) and Central Bank (IPCA) · Source version: DCA 2014-2025; IPCA SGS 433 · Collected on: 2026-11-01 · License: ODbL-1.0
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Year	Brazil
2014	73.7
2015	71.2
2016	73.0
2017	68.6
2018	70.8
2019	71.7
2020	67.3
2021	79.4
2022	88.9
2023	88.9
2024	97.7
2025	102.0

† series break

Criticisms of the metric

The Union's DCA is only in the API from 2014, so earlier governments have no series. Spending by function includes transfers to states and municipalities and shifts when a budget action is reclassified to another function. Unpaid carry-overs (restos a pagar) defer payment to the next year, so 'paid' and 'committed' for a year can diverge without a cut. The IPCA does not measure the specific cost of universities and schools.
It shows neither authorized appropriation nor withholding: a block reversed within the year does not show.

References

Tesouro Nacional. Siconfi: Declaração de Contas Anuais (DCA), Anexo I-E, API de dados abertos. https://apidatalake.tesouro.gov.br/docs/siconfi/
Banco Central do Brasil. Sistema Gerenciador de Séries Temporais, série 433 (IPCA). https://dadosabertos.bcb.gov.br/dataset/433-indice-nacional-de-precos-ao-consumidor-amplo-ipca

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