Brazil vs Kenya: Average years of schooling vs. expected years of schooling

Brazil

8.43 years

in 2023

Kenya

8.62 years

in 2023

Brazil rank

124th

Kenya rank

121st

Average years of schooling vs. expected years of schooling over time

Kenya currently reports 8.62 years against 8.43 years in Brazil, a difference of 0.1993 years.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Kenya ahead.

Brazil ranks 124th and Kenya ranks 121st of 192 countries.

Indicator: Average years of schooling vs. expected years of schooling
Unit: years
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 192 places, 6,079 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Average number of years (excluding years spent repeating individual grades) adults over 25 years participated in formal education.