What is the difference in school age population, secondary education, female between Brazil and United States of America?

230,000 number, with United States of America ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and United States of America?

10 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2011.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, secondary education, female (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Brazil vs United States of America: School age population, secondary education, female

Brazil

12.04 million number

in 2011

United States of America

12.27 million number

in 2018

Brazil rank

7th

United States of America rank

6th

School age population, secondary education, female over time

Brazil
United States of America

How they compare

United States of America currently reports 12.27 million number against 12.04 million number in Brazil, a difference of 230,000 number.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 10 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 7th and United States of America ranks 6th of 205 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 1 and United States of America in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Brazil	United States of America	Difference	Ahead
1990s	12.02 million number	11.56 million number	459,300 number	Brazil
2000s	12.01 million number	12.34 million number	330,400 number	United States of America
2010s	12.04 million number	12.30 million number	258,700 number	United States of America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school age population, secondary education, female, Brazil or United States of America?: United States of America, at 12.27 million number against 12.04 million number in Brazil as of 2018.
What is the difference in school age population, secondary education, female between Brazil and United States of America?: 230,000 number, with United States of America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and United States of America?: 10 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2011.
How do Brazil and United States of America rank globally for school age population, secondary education, female?: Brazil ranks 7th and United States of America ranks 6th of 205 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, secondary education, female (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: School age population, secondary education, female (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 250 places, 12,261 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed: 21 August 2026

Female population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to secondary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.