Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Brazil
Brazil: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.9965 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Brazil, 1980–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 0.9965 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and down 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Brazil peaked at 1 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.8655 GPIA, in 1980.
Brazil ranks 48th of 104 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Brazil, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 0.8655 GPIA | — |
| 1990 | 0.9405 GPIA | +8.7% |
| 2001 | 0.9794 GPIA | +4.1% |
| 2002 | 0.9824 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 0.9799 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 0.9835 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 0.9804 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 0.9874 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 0.9884 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 0.9882 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.9896 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9949 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 0.9959 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.9964 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.9973 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.9946 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.9967 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.9954 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.996 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 1 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.9989 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.9966 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 0.9989 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 1 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 0.9965 GPIA | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.8655 GPIA | 0.8655 GPIA | 0.8655 GPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.9405 GPIA | 0.9405 GPIA | 0.9405 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9844 GPIA | 0.9794 GPIA | 0.9896 GPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.9964 GPIA | 0.9946 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.9984 GPIA | 0.9965 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 5 |
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 primary education or higher in Brazil?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Brazil was 0.9965 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 1 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8655 GPIA in 1980.
- How does Brazil rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Brazil ranks 48th out of 104 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. 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 primary education or higher, population 25+ years, urban, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release