Educational attainment rate, completed … male upper location LPIA in Brazil
Brazil: Educational attainment rate, completed … male upper location LPIA was 0.4332 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
Brazil recorded 0.4332 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2024. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.9% on the previous year and up 44.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Brazil peaked at 0.4332 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.08 LPIA, in 1990.
That places Brazil 81st out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed … male upper location LPIA in Brazil, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.08 LPIA | — |
| 2004 | 0.1755 LPIA | +119.2% |
| 2006 | 0.1967 LPIA | +12.1% |
| 2007 | 0.2065 LPIA | +5.0% |
| 2008 | 0.2406 LPIA | +16.5% |
| 2009 | 0.2693 LPIA | +12.0% |
| 2010 | 0.2269 LPIA | -15.8% |
| 2011 | 0.2416 LPIA | +6.5% |
| 2012 | 0.2642 LPIA | +9.3% |
| 2013 | 0.277 LPIA | +4.8% |
| 2014 | 0.2999 LPIA | +8.3% |
| 2015 | 0.3031 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 0.292 LPIA | -3.7% |
| 2017 | 0.3058 LPIA | +4.8% |
| 2018 | 0.3026 LPIA | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 0.4171 LPIA | +37.8% |
| 2021 | 0.4069 LPIA | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 0.4093 LPIA | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 0.4254 LPIA | +3.9% |
| 2024 | 0.4332 LPIA | +1.9% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 0.4332 LPIA is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.5883 LPIA, 74% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 0.4332 LPIA is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.4467 LPIA, 97% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed … male upper 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +119.2% | 0.08 LPIA | 0.1755 LPIA |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.08 LPIA | 0.08 LPIA | 0.08 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.2177 LPIA | 0.1755 LPIA | 0.2693 LPIA | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.2792 LPIA | 0.2269 LPIA | 0.3058 LPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.4184 LPIA | 0.4069 LPIA | 0.4332 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 upper secondary education or in Brazil?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Brazil was 0.4332 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 0.4332 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.08 LPIA in 1990.
- How does Brazil rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Brazil ranks 81st 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 44.4%. 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 upper secondary 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