Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary urban gender in Brazil
Brazil: Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary urban gender was 0.9965 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9965 GPIA
Change on year
down 0.5%
World rank
48th
of 104 countries
All-time high
1 GPIA
in 2023
All-time low
0.8655 GPIA
in 1980
Years of data
25
1980–2024
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 … primary urban gender 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% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 0.9965 GPIA is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9965 GPIA, 1.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 0.9965 GPIA is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.9844 GPIA, 1.0× the median. (19 countries reporting)
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
- 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 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