Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 55-59 with primary in Brazil
Brazil: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 55-59 with primary was 29.3% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 55-59 with primary 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 55-59 with primary in Brazil is 29.3%, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 15.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 55-59 with primary in Brazil peaked at 29.3% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 3.1%, in 1980.
That places Brazil 17th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 55-59 with primary in Brazil, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 13.5% | — |
| 1965 | 14.5% | +7.4% |
| 1970 | 15.8% | +9.1% |
| 1975 | 4.0% | -74.7% |
| 1980 | 3.1% | -22.5% |
| 1985 | 16.3% | +427.1% |
| 1990 | 21.9% | +34.3% |
| 1995 | 24.8% | +13.2% |
| 2000 | 25.5% | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 24.6% | -3.5% |
| 2010 | 29.3% | +19.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14.0% | 13.5% | 14.5% | 2 |
| 1970s | 9.9% | 4.0% | 15.8% | 2 |
| 1980s | 9.7% | 3.1% | 16.3% | 2 |
| 1990s | 23.4% | 21.9% | 24.8% | 2 |
| 2000s | 25.0% | 24.6% | 25.5% | 2 |
| 2010s | 29.3% | 29.3% | 29.3% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
- 14 Hong Kong, China 31.2% compare
- 15 Italy 31.2% compare
- 16 Malaysia 29.6% compare
- 18 New Zealand 27.9% compare
- 19 Austria 27.8% compare
- 19 Philippines 27.8% compare
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 55-59 with primary in Brazil?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 55-59 with primary in Brazil was 29.3% 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 55-59 with primary recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 29.3% in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 55-59 with primary recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.1% in 1980.
- How does Brazil rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 55-59 with primary?
- Brazil ranks 17th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 55-59 with primary rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.0%. 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: Percentage of female population age 55-59 with primary schooling. Completed Primary. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 55-59 with primary schooling. Completed Primary