Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Brazil
Brazil: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 79.0% in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Brazil, 1970β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Brazil stood at 79.0%.
The figure is down 6.6% on the previous year and up 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Brazil peaked at 85.5% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 15.4%, in 1976.
That places Brazil 103rd out of 134 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 24.0% | 15.4% | 32.5% | 2 |
| 1980s | 17.5% | 17.5% | 17.5% | 1 |
| 1990s | 68.8% | 66.3% | 70.9% | 5 |
| 2000s | 70.5% | 66.6% | 73.8% | 9 |
| 2010s | 77.8% | 74.8% | 83.4% | 9 |
| 2020s | 83.9% | 79.0% | 85.5% | 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 79.0% 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 85.5% in 2021.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.4% in 1976.
- How does Brazil rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Brazil ranks 103rd out of 134 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 3.6%. 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 (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release