Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Brazil
Brazil: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.4936 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Brazil, 1990–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Brazil is 0.4936 LPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 12.6% on the previous year and up 39.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Brazil peaked at 0.4936 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.0862 LPIA, in 1990.
That places Brazil 71st out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 upper secondary education or in Brazil, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.0862 LPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.1632 LPIA | +89.2% |
| 2002 | 0.1776 LPIA | +8.8% |
| 2003 | 0.1918 LPIA | +8.0% |
| 2004 | 0.2054 LPIA | +7.1% |
| 2005 | 0.2155 LPIA | +4.9% |
| 2006 | 0.2332 LPIA | +8.2% |
| 2007 | 0.2431 LPIA | +4.3% |
| 2008 | 0.2807 LPIA | +15.5% |
| 2009 | 0.3056 LPIA | +8.9% |
| 2010 | 0.2622 LPIA | -14.2% |
| 2011 | 0.2901 LPIA | +10.6% |
| 2012 | 0.3078 LPIA | +6.1% |
| 2013 | 0.3209 LPIA | +4.2% |
| 2014 | 0.3532 LPIA | +10.1% |
| 2015 | 0.3544 LPIA | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 0.3426 LPIA | -3.3% |
| 2017 | 0.3591 LPIA | +4.8% |
| 2018 | 0.3573 LPIA | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 0.3803 LPIA | +6.4% |
| 2020 | 0.4258 LPIA | +12.0% |
| 2021 | 0.4172 LPIA | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 0.4085 LPIA | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 0.4384 LPIA | +7.3% |
| 2024 | 0.4936 LPIA | +12.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0862 LPIA | 0.0862 LPIA | 0.0862 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.224 LPIA | 0.1632 LPIA | 0.3056 LPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.3328 LPIA | 0.2622 LPIA | 0.3803 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4367 LPIA | 0.4085 LPIA | 0.4936 LPIA | 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 upper secondary education or in Brazil?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Brazil was 0.4936 LPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4936 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0862 LPIA in 1990.
- How does Brazil rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Brazil ranks 71st out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.8%. 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 upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release