Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Brazil
Brazil: Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school was 82.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Brazil, 2013–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 82.4% for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in 2024. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.6% on the previous year and up 12.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Brazil peaked at 82.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 70.0%, in 2013.
That places Brazil 56th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 75.9% | 70.0% | 79.8% | 7 |
| 2020s | 79.0% | 75.7% | 82.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
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 enrolled in pre-primary school in Brazil?
- Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Brazil was 82.4% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 82.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 70.0% in 2013.
- How does Brazil rank for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school?
- Brazil ranks 56th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.8%. 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 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The share of children of pre-primary school age (typically 3–5 years old) who are enrolled in pre-primary education.