Educational attainment rate, completed … male primary location LPIA in Brazil
Brazil: Educational attainment rate, completed … male primary location LPIA was 0.6517 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Brazil, 1980–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Brazil stood at 0.6517 LPIA.
That represents a change of down 6.2% on the previous year and up 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Brazil peaked at 0.699 LPIA in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.0967 LPIA, in 1980.
That places Brazil 87th out of 99 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed … male primary location LPIA in Brazil, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 0.0967 LPIA | — |
| 1990 | 0.4172 LPIA | +331.4% |
| 2004 | 0.519 LPIA | +24.4% |
| 2006 | 0.5596 LPIA | +7.8% |
| 2007 | 0.5741 LPIA | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 0.578 LPIA | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 0.5823 LPIA | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 0.5967 LPIA | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 0.6129 LPIA | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 0.6048 LPIA | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 0.6351 LPIA | +5.0% |
| 2015 | 0.627 LPIA | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 0.6344 LPIA | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 0.648 LPIA | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 0.6579 LPIA | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 0.6727 LPIA | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 0.699 LPIA | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 0.6933 LPIA | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 0.6903 LPIA | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 0.6949 LPIA | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 0.6517 LPIA | -6.2% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 0.6517 LPIA is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9262 LPIA, 70% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 0.6517 LPIA is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.7905 LPIA, 82% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed … male primary 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +331.4% | 0.0967 LPIA | 0.4172 LPIA |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.0967 LPIA | 0.0967 LPIA | 0.0967 LPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.4172 LPIA | 0.4172 LPIA | 0.4172 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.5626 LPIA | 0.519 LPIA | 0.5823 LPIA | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.6322 LPIA | 0.5967 LPIA | 0.6727 LPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.6858 LPIA | 0.6517 LPIA | 0.699 LPIA | 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 0.6517 LPIA 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 0.699 LPIA in 2020.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0967 LPIA in 1980.
- How does Brazil rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Brazil ranks 87th out of 99 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 up 2.6%. 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, male, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release