Share of children who have completed primary school in Brazil
Brazil: Share of children who have completed primary school was 93.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of children who have completed primary school in Brazil, 1981–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 93.0% for share of children who have completed primary school in 2025. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children who have completed primary school in Brazil peaked at 93.0% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 62.7%, in 1981.
Brazil ranks 103rd of 165 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 65.9% | 62.7% | 68.4% | 9 |
| 1990s | 73.0% | 68.9% | 77.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 81.1% | 78.2% | 83.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 87.5% | 84.6% | 90.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 92.0% | 91.0% | 93.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
- 100 El Salvador 93.7% compare
- 100 Sao Tome and Principe 93.7% compare
- 102 Bhutan 93.6% compare
- 104 Suriname 91.3% compare
- 105 Nepal 90.8% compare
- 106 Bangladesh 90.8% compare
More education data for Brazil
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (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 696,748 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.61 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 104.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children who have completed primary school in Brazil?
- Share of children who have completed primary school in Brazil was 93.0% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children who have completed primary school recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 93.0% in 2025.
- What is the lowest share of children who have completed primary school recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 62.7% in 1981.
- How does Brazil rank for share of children who have completed primary school?
- Brazil ranks 103rd out of 165 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of children who have completed primary school rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.0%. 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 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of children who have completed primary school. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The share of children who are three to five years older than the official age for the last grade of primary education who have successfully completed it. This broader age band is used to include children who started school late or had to resit particular years.