Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in Brazil
Brazil: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25+, total was 7.66 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25+, total 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 25+, total in Brazil is 7.66, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 32.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in Brazil peaked at 7.66 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 1.81, in 1960.
That places Brazil 81st 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 25+, total in Brazil, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 1.81 | — |
| 1965 | 2.13 | +17.7% |
| 1970 | 3.09 | +45.1% |
| 1975 | 2.82 | -8.7% |
| 1980 | 2.93 | +3.9% |
| 1985 | 3.59 | +22.5% |
| 1990 | 4.04 | +12.5% |
| 1995 | 4.84 | +19.8% |
| 2000 | 5.78 | +19.4% |
| 2005 | 6.75 | +16.8% |
| 2010 | 7.66 | +13.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.97 | 1.81 | 2.13 | 2 |
| 1970s | 2.96 | 2.82 | 3.09 | 2 |
| 1980s | 3.26 | 2.93 | 3.59 | 2 |
| 1990s | 4.44 | 4.04 | 4.84 | 2 |
| 2000s | 6.27 | 5.78 | 6.75 | 2 |
| 2010s | 7.66 | 7.66 | 7.66 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
- 78 Costa Rica 7.84 compare
- 79 Saudi Arabia 7.79 compare
- 80 Bolivia 7.77 compare
- 81 El Salvador 7.66 compare
- 83 Gabon 7.57 compare
- 84 Dominican Republic 7.56 compare
More education data for Brazil
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,024 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0494 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 696,748 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 69.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 19.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in Brazil?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in Brazil was 7.66 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 25+, total recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 7.66 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.81 in 1960.
- How does Brazil rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total?
- Brazil ranks 81st out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.5%. 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 25+, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of total schooling, 25+, total is the average years of education completed among people over age 25.