Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Brazil
Brazil: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 0.5407 LPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Brazil, 1980–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Brazil stood at 0.5407 LPIA. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.6% on the previous year and up 31.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Brazil peaked at 0.5407 LPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0835 LPIA, in 1980.
That places Brazil 70th out of 95 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Brazil, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 0.0835 LPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.2225 LPIA | +166.4% |
| 2002 | 0.2381 LPIA | +7.0% |
| 2003 | 0.267 LPIA | +12.1% |
| 2004 | 0.2754 LPIA | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 0.2901 LPIA | +5.3% |
| 2006 | 0.3099 LPIA | +6.8% |
| 2007 | 0.3339 LPIA | +7.7% |
| 2008 | 0.3579 LPIA | +7.2% |
| 2009 | 0.3757 LPIA | +5.0% |
| 2010 | 0.3644 LPIA | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 0.3862 LPIA | +6.0% |
| 2012 | 0.3994 LPIA | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 0.4122 LPIA | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 0.4506 LPIA | +9.3% |
| 2015 | 0.4492 LPIA | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.4376 LPIA | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 0.4543 LPIA | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 0.4518 LPIA | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.4874 LPIA | +7.9% |
| 2020 | 0.5324 LPIA | +9.2% |
| 2021 | 0.5276 LPIA | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 0.5169 LPIA | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 0.5407 LPIA | +4.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.0835 LPIA | 0.0835 LPIA | 0.0835 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.2967 LPIA | 0.2225 LPIA | 0.3757 LPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.4293 LPIA | 0.3644 LPIA | 0.4874 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5294 LPIA | 0.5169 LPIA | 0.5407 LPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
More education data for Brazil
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 696,748 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 69.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 19.4% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 104.3 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 104.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Brazil?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Brazil was 0.5407 LPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5407 LPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0835 LPIA in 1980.
- How does Brazil rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Brazil ranks 70th out of 95 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.2%. 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 Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release