Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, male in Brazil
Brazil: Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, male was 91.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, male in Brazil, 2001–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, male in Brazil is 91.5%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 14.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, male in Brazil peaked at 91.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 58.4%, in 2001.
Brazil ranks 37th of 80 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, male in Brazil, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 58.4% | — |
| 2002 | 62.0% | +6.2% |
| 2003 | 65.1% | +5.0% |
| 2004 | 68.3% | +4.9% |
| 2005 | 69.4% | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 70.4% | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 71.8% | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 73.9% | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 73.8% | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 75.1% | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 77.1% | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 77.8% | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 79.9% | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 81.6% | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 82.2% | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 83.2% | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 84.5% | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 86.0% | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 87.6% | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 87.6% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 89.1% | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 90.7% | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 91.5% | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 68.1% | 58.4% | 73.9% | 9 |
| 2010s | 80.8% | 75.1% | 86.0% | 9 |
| 2020s | 89.3% | 87.6% | 91.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
More education data for Brazil
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 620,653 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 76,095 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 6.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 3.1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 4.29 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 1.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, male in Brazil?
- Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, male in Brazil was 91.5% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, male recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 91.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, male recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 58.4% in 2001.
- How does Brazil rank for completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, male?
- Brazil ranks 37th out of 80 countries with data for 2024.
- Is completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, male rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brazil data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 23 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release