Over-age students, primary in Brazil
Brazil: Over-age students, primary was 14.5% in 2017. ▼ Falling
Over-age students, primary in Brazil, 1970–2017
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of enrollment.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 14.5% for over-age students, primary in 2017.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.3% on the previous year and down 37.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, over-age students, primary in Brazil peaked at 38.0% in 1970 and was at its lowest, 14.0%, in 2016.
Brazil ranks 38th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Over-age students, primary in Brazil, year by year
| Year | % of enrollment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 38.0% | — |
| 1999 | 36.4% | -4.3% |
| 2000 | 34.8% | -4.3% |
| 2001 | 32.3% | -7.1% |
| 2002 | 29.6% | -8.5% |
| 2003 | 26.9% | -9.0% |
| 2004 | 24.7% | -8.4% |
| 2005 | 23.7% | -4.0% |
| 2007 | 23.1% | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 19.9% | -14.1% |
| 2009 | 19.9% | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 20.5% | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 20.7% | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 20.3% | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 16.5% | -18.6% |
| 2014 | 15.7% | -5.1% |
| 2015 | 14.7% | -6.4% |
| 2016 | 14.0% | -4.8% |
| 2017 | 14.5% | +3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 38.0% | 38.0% | 38.0% | 1 |
| 1990s | 36.4% | 36.4% | 36.4% | 1 |
| 2000s | 26.1% | 19.9% | 34.8% | 9 |
| 2010s | 17.1% | 14.0% | 20.7% | 8 |
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More education data for Brazil
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,024 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0494 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is over-age students, primary in Brazil?
- Over-age students, primary in Brazil was 14.5% in 2017, according to Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest over-age students, primary recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 38.0% in 1970.
- What is the lowest over-age students, primary recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.0% in 2016.
- How does Brazil rank for over-age students, primary?
- Brazil ranks 38th out of 191 countries with data for 2017.
- Is over-age students, primary rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Brazil data come from?
- The figures come from Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Over-age students, primary (% of enrollment). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Over-age students are the percentage of those enrolled who are older than the official school-age range for primary education.