Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Brazil
Brazil: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 79.6% in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Brazil, 1970β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 79.6% for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.6% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Brazil peaked at 86.0% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 14.3%, in 1976.
That places Brazil 98th out of 136 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 22.6% | 14.3% | 30.9% | 2 |
| 1980s | 16.7% | 16.7% | 16.7% | 1 |
| 1990s | 68.1% | 65.5% | 70.4% | 5 |
| 2000s | 70.9% | 66.8% | 74.3% | 9 |
| 2010s | 78.5% | 75.4% | 84.1% | 9 |
| 2020s | 84.5% | 79.6% | 86.0% | 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)
- School enrollment, primary 104.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0033 units per person (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 79.6% 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 86.0% in 2021.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.3% in 1976.
- How does Brazil rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Brazil ranks 98th out of 136 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 3.5%. 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, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release