Brazil vs ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437): Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female

Brazil
96.6%
in 2024
ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)
98.2%
in 2024
Brazil rank
29th
ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) rank
30th

Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female over time

  • Brazil
  • ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)
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How they compare

ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) currently reports 98.2% against 96.6% in Brazil, a difference of 1.6%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 26 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 29th and ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) ranks 30th of 88 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 1 and ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Brazil ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) Difference Ahead
1980s 69.4% 53.4% 16.1% Brazil
2000s 89.4% 92.5% 3.0% ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)
2010s 93.8% 96.5% 2.7% ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)
2020s 96.5% 97.9% 1.4% ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female, Brazil or ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)?
ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437), at 98.2% against 96.6% in Brazil as of 2024.
What is the difference in literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female between Brazil and ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)?
1.6%, with ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)?
26 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.
How do Brazil and ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) rank globally for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female?
Brazil ranks 29th and ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) ranks 30th of 88 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
291 places, 9,624 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release