Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Brazil
Brazil: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 82.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Brazil, 1980–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 82.7% for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.8% on the previous year and up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Brazil peaked at 88.9% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 24.3%, in 1980.
Brazil ranks 87th of 108 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
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 | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 24.3% | — |
| 1990 | 52.1% | +114.7% |
| 2001 | 72.7% | +39.5% |
| 2002 | 73.7% | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 74.7% | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 74.8% | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 76.5% | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 78.0% | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 78.7% | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 79.3% | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 78.5% | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 79.8% | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 81.9% | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 80.4% | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 80.8% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 81.8% | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 82.3% | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 83.4% | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 83.9% | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 87.2% | +3.9% |
| 2020 | 88.6% | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 88.9% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 88.7% | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 87.8% | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 82.7% | -5.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 24.3% | 24.3% | 24.3% | 1 |
| 1990s | 52.1% | 52.1% | 52.1% | 1 |
| 2000s | 76.3% | 72.7% | 79.3% | 9 |
| 2010s | 82.4% | 79.8% | 87.2% | 9 |
| 2020s | 87.3% | 82.7% | 88.9% | 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 82.7% 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 88.9% in 2021.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.3% in 1980.
- How does Brazil rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Brazil ranks 87th out of 108 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 2.4%. 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release