Brazil vs Türkiye: Share of population with no formal education
Brazil
4.2%
in 2020
Türkiye
3.7%
in 2020
Brazil rank
48th
Türkiye rank
50th
Share of population with no formal education over time
- Brazil
- Türkiye
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 4.2% against 3.7% in Türkiye, a difference of 0.5%.
That makes Brazil's figure about 1.1 times Türkiye's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 31 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Türkiye ahead.
Brazil ranks 48th and Türkiye ranks 50th of 111 countries.
Across the 16 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 3 and Türkiye in 13.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Türkiye | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 96.0% | 99.8% | 3.8% | Türkiye |
| 1880s | 94.0% | 99.7% | 5.7% | Türkiye |
| 1890s | 92.2% | 99.3% | 7.1% | Türkiye |
| 1900s | 85.9% | 96.8% | 10.9% | Türkiye |
| 1910s | 82.6% | 95.8% | 13.2% | Türkiye |
| 1920s | 77.9% | 92.4% | 14.5% | Türkiye |
| 1930s | 72.1% | 88.6% | 16.5% | Türkiye |
| 1940s | 66.8% | 84.1% | 17.2% | Türkiye |
| 1950s | 59.5% | 75.2% | 15.7% | Türkiye |
| 1960s | 47.7% | 61.3% | 13.6% | Türkiye |
| 1970s | 31.4% | 48.5% | 17.0% | Türkiye |
| 1980s | 24.2% | 32.2% | 8.0% | Türkiye |
| 1990s | 18.6% | 21.6% | 3.0% | Türkiye |
| 2000s | 11.5% | 10.6% | 0.9% | Brazil |
| 2010s | 6.2% | 5.5% | 0.7% | Brazil |
| 2020s | 4.2% | 3.7% | 0.5% | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of population with no formal education, Brazil or Türkiye?
- Brazil, at 4.2% against 3.7% in Türkiye as of 2020.
- What is the difference in share of population with no formal education between Brazil and Türkiye?
- 0.5%, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Türkiye?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2020.
- How do Brazil and Türkiye rank globally for share of population with no formal education?
- Brazil ranks 48th and Türkiye ranks 50th of 111 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Barro and Lee (2015); Lee and Lee (2016) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of population with no formal education. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The share of adults aged between 15 and 64 years old with no formal education.