Brazil vs Liberia: Share of the population with tertiary education
Brazil
11.2%
in 2020
Liberia
11.1%
in 2020
Brazil rank
64th
Liberia rank
65th
Share of the population with tertiary education over time
- Brazil
- Liberia
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 11.2% against 11.1% in Liberia, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Liberia ahead.
Brazil ranks 64th and Liberia ranks 65th of 111 countries.
Across the 16 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 10 and Liberia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Liberia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1880s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1890s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1900s | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.2% | Brazil |
| 1910s | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.1% | Brazil |
| 1920s | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.1% | Brazil |
| 1930s | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.0% | — |
| 1940s | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.0% | Liberia |
| 1950s | 0.9% | 1.0% | 0.1% | Liberia |
| 1960s | 1.4% | 1.1% | 0.3% | Brazil |
| 1970s | 3.1% | 1.4% | 1.8% | Brazil |
| 1980s | 5.5% | 1.8% | 3.8% | Brazil |
| 1990s | 6.7% | 3.0% | 3.6% | Brazil |
| 2000s | 8.2% | 5.1% | 3.2% | Brazil |
| 2010s | 11.6% | 5.3% | 6.3% | Brazil |
| 2020s | 11.2% | 11.1% | 0.1% | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of the population with tertiary education, Brazil or Liberia?
- Brazil, at 11.2% against 11.1% in Liberia as of 2020.
- What is the difference in share of the population with tertiary education between Brazil and Liberia?
- 0.1%, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Liberia?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2020.
- How do Brazil and Liberia rank globally for share of the population with tertiary education?
- Brazil ranks 64th and Liberia ranks 65th 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 the population with tertiary education. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Percentage of the population aged 25 to 65 years who have either completed or partially completed tertiary education.