Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Brazil
Brazil: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary was 33.7% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Brazil, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/. Measured in Incomplete and Completed Primary.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 33.7% for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in 2010. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is down 26.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Brazil peaked at 60.0% in 1975 and was at its lowest, 33.7%, in 2010.
Brazil ranks 35th of 144 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Brazil, year by year
| Year | Incomplete and Completed Primary | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 37.2% | — |
| 1965 | 41.8% | +12.4% |
| 1970 | 45.3% | +8.4% |
| 1975 | 60.0% | +32.4% |
| 1980 | 57.8% | -3.7% |
| 1985 | 58.4% | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 58.4% | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 56.6% | -3.0% |
| 2000 | 45.5% | -19.6% |
| 2005 | 38.3% | -16.0% |
| 2010 | 33.7% | -12.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 39.5% | 37.2% | 41.8% | 2 |
| 1970s | 52.6% | 45.3% | 60.0% | 2 |
| 1980s | 58.1% | 57.8% | 58.4% | 2 |
| 1990s | 57.5% | 56.6% | 58.4% | 2 |
| 2000s | 41.9% | 38.3% | 45.5% | 2 |
| 2010s | 33.7% | 33.7% | 33.7% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
More education data for Brazil
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.02 million (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Brazil?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Brazil was 33.7% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 60.0% in 1975.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.7% in 2010.
- How does Brazil rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary?
- Brazil ranks 35th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)