Educational attainment rate, completed … female lower location LPIA in Brazil
Brazil: Educational attainment rate, completed … female lower location LPIA was 0.5055 LPIA in 2018. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Brazil, 1980–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
In 2018, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Brazil stood at 0.5055 LPIA.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 26.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Brazil peaked at 0.5079 LPIA in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.0901 LPIA, in 1980.
That places Brazil 70th out of 95 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed … female lower location LPIA in Brazil, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 0.0901 LPIA | — |
| 2004 | 0.3067 LPIA | +240.3% |
| 2006 | 0.3436 LPIA | +12.0% |
| 2007 | 0.3674 LPIA | +6.9% |
| 2008 | 0.4001 LPIA | +8.9% |
| 2009 | 0.4119 LPIA | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 0.4009 LPIA | -2.7% |
| 2011 | 0.4323 LPIA | +7.8% |
| 2012 | 0.4461 LPIA | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 0.4629 LPIA | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 0.4994 LPIA | +7.9% |
| 2015 | 0.5017 LPIA | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.4885 LPIA | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 0.5079 LPIA | +4.0% |
| 2018 | 0.5055 LPIA | -0.5% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 0.5055 LPIA is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.7258 LPIA, 70% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 0.5055 LPIA is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.5586 LPIA, 90% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed … female lower location LPIA in Brazil changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +240.3% | 0.0901 LPIA | 0.3067 LPIA |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.0901 LPIA | 0.0901 LPIA | 0.0901 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.3659 LPIA | 0.3067 LPIA | 0.4119 LPIA | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.4717 LPIA | 0.4009 LPIA | 0.5079 LPIA | 9 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
More education data for Brazil
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 98.18 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 97.81 (2024)
- 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)
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 0.5055 LPIA in 2018, 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 0.5079 LPIA in 2017.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0901 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 2018.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.3%. 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, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release