Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Brazil
Brazil: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.5597 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 0.5597 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2024. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.0% on the previous year and up 36.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Brazil peaked at 0.5597 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.0907 LPIA, in 1990.
That places Brazil 65th out of 103 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Brazil, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.0907 LPIA | — |
| 2004 | 0.2376 LPIA | +162.0% |
| 2006 | 0.2728 LPIA | +14.8% |
| 2007 | 0.2824 LPIA | +3.5% |
| 2008 | 0.3235 LPIA | +14.6% |
| 2009 | 0.3448 LPIA | +6.6% |
| 2010 | 0.3018 LPIA | -12.5% |
| 2011 | 0.3408 LPIA | +12.9% |
| 2012 | 0.3545 LPIA | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 0.3679 LPIA | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 0.4094 LPIA | +11.3% |
| 2015 | 0.4093 LPIA | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.3963 LPIA | -3.2% |
| 2017 | 0.4154 LPIA | +4.8% |
| 2018 | 0.4153 LPIA | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.4932 LPIA | +18.8% |
| 2020 | 0.5215 LPIA | +5.7% |
| 2021 | 0.5184 LPIA | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.5116 LPIA | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 0.5281 LPIA | +3.2% |
| 2024 | 0.5597 LPIA | +6.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0907 LPIA | 0.0907 LPIA | 0.0907 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.2922 LPIA | 0.2376 LPIA | 0.3448 LPIA | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.3904 LPIA | 0.3018 LPIA | 0.4932 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5278 LPIA | 0.5116 LPIA | 0.5597 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 0.5597 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 0.5597 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0907 LPIA in 1990.
- How does Brazil rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Brazil ranks 65th out of 103 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 36.7%. 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, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release