Completion rate, primary education, urban, poorest quintile, male in Brazil
Brazil: Completion rate, primary education, urban, poorest quintile, male was 94.8% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, primary education, urban, poorest quintile, male in Brazil, 2001–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 94.8% for completion rate, primary education, urban, poorest quintile, male in 2023. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 12.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, primary education, urban, poorest quintile, male in Brazil peaked at 94.8% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 66.4%, in 2001.
That places Brazil 12th out of 26 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Completion rate, primary education, urban, poorest quintile, male in Brazil, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 66.4% | — |
| 2002 | 69.2% | +4.2% |
| 2003 | 73.2% | +5.8% |
| 2004 | 78.6% | +7.4% |
| 2005 | 77.3% | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 79.3% | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 78.5% | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 77.2% | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 78.0% | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 80.6% | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 82.5% | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 84.0% | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 86.3% | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 87.0% | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 89.0% | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 90.5% | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 90.7% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 91.3% | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 93.7% | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 94.2% | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 94.7% | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 94.8% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 75.3% | 66.4% | 79.3% | 9 |
| 2010s | 86.9% | 80.6% | 91.3% | 9 |
| 2020s | 94.3% | 93.7% | 94.8% | 4 |
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 completion rate, primary education, urban, poorest quintile, male in Brazil?
- Completion rate, primary education, urban, poorest quintile, male in Brazil was 94.8% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, primary education, urban, poorest quintile, male recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 94.8% in 2023.
- What is the lowest completion rate, primary education, urban, poorest quintile, male recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 66.4% in 2001.
- How does Brazil rank for completion rate, primary education, urban, poorest quintile, male?
- Brazil ranks 12th out of 26 countries with data for 2023.
- Is completion rate, primary education, urban, poorest quintile, male rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.9%. 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, primary education, urban, poorest quintile, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 22 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release