Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with no education in Brazil
Brazil: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with no education was 12.2% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with no education in Brazil, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with no education in Brazil is 12.2%, measured in 2010. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of down 32.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with no education in Brazil peaked at 60.3% in 1960 and was at its lowest, 12.2%, in 2010.
That places Brazil 62nd out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with no education in Brazil, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 60.3% | — |
| 1965 | 53.7% | -11.0% |
| 1970 | 46.5% | -13.4% |
| 1975 | 36.0% | -22.6% |
| 1980 | 35.2% | -2.2% |
| 1985 | 30.7% | -12.9% |
| 1990 | 25.6% | -16.6% |
| 1995 | 21.2% | -17.2% |
| 2000 | 18.0% | -14.9% |
| 2005 | 15.7% | -13.2% |
| 2010 | 12.2% | -22.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 57.0% | 53.7% | 60.3% | 2 |
| 1970s | 41.2% | 36.0% | 46.5% | 2 |
| 1980s | 32.9% | 30.7% | 35.2% | 2 |
| 1990s | 23.4% | 21.2% | 25.6% | 2 |
| 2000s | 16.8% | 15.7% | 18.0% | 2 |
| 2010s | 12.2% | 12.2% | 12.2% | 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 25+ with no education in Brazil?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with no education in Brazil was 12.2% 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 25+ with no education recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 60.3% in 1960.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with no education recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.2% in 2010.
- How does Brazil rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with no education?
- Brazil ranks 62nd out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with no education rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.5%. 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 25+ with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 25+ with no education