Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 20-24, female in Brazil
Brazil: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 20-24, female was 10.16 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 20-24, female in Brazil, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, female in Brazil is 10.16, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, female in Brazil peaked at 10.16 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 2.62, in 1960.
That places Brazil 79th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 20-24, female in Brazil, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 2.62 | — |
| 1965 | 2.88 | +9.9% |
| 1970 | 3.48 | +20.8% |
| 1975 | 3.79 | +8.9% |
| 1980 | 3.9 | +2.9% |
| 1985 | 5.18 | +32.8% |
| 1990 | 7.9 | +52.5% |
| 1995 | 8.51 | +7.7% |
| 2000 | 9.13 | +7.3% |
| 2005 | 9.46 | +3.6% |
| 2010 | 10.16 | +7.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.75 | 2.62 | 2.88 | 2 |
| 1970s | 3.63 | 3.48 | 3.79 | 2 |
| 1980s | 4.54 | 3.9 | 5.18 | 2 |
| 1990s | 8.21 | 7.9 | 8.51 | 2 |
| 2000s | 9.3 | 9.13 | 9.46 | 2 |
| 2010s | 10.16 | 10.16 | 10.16 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
- 76 Mongolia 10.46 compare
- 77 United Arab Emirates 10.32 compare
- 78 Peru 10.21 compare
- 80 Dominican Republic 10.11 compare
- 81 Philippines 10 compare
- 82 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 9.96 compare
More education data for Brazil
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 1.44 million (2011)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.71 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.59 million (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 21.50 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 15.11 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.1454 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0713 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, female in Brazil?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, female in Brazil was 10.16 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, female recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 10.16 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, female recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.62 in 1960.
- How does Brazil rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, female?
- Brazil ranks 79th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, female rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brazil data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 20-24, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of total schooling, 20-24, female is the average years of education completed among females age 20-24.