Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Brazil
Brazil: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 18.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Brazil, 2002–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Brazil is 18.1%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of up 15.4% on the previous year and up 104.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Brazil peaked at 18.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4.9%, in 2002.
That places Brazil 84th out of 168 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Brazil, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 4.9% | — |
| 2003 | 6.7% | +36.0% |
| 2004 | 6.4% | -4.6% |
| 2005 | 7.2% | +12.3% |
| 2007 | 11.6% | +61.4% |
| 2008 | 12.9% | +11.2% |
| 2009 | 14.0% | +8.2% |
| 2010 | 15.0% | +6.9% |
| 2011 | 15.8% | +5.6% |
| 2012 | 16.5% | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 8.6% | -47.5% |
| 2014 | 8.8% | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 9.0% | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 9.8% | +9.1% |
| 2017 | 10.3% | +5.2% |
| 2018 | 11.3% | +9.3% |
| 2019 | 11.1% | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 11.8% | +6.1% |
| 2021 | 12.2% | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 13.9% | +14.2% |
| 2023 | 15.6% | +12.5% |
| 2024 | 18.1% | +15.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.1% | 4.9% | 14.0% | 7 |
| 2010s | 11.6% | 8.6% | 16.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.3% | 11.8% | 18.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
More education data for Brazil
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 21.50 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.6457 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 696,748 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -15.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 10.69 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.7217 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 10.81 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.5704 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 5.30 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.6384 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Brazil?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Brazil was 18.1% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 18.1% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.9% in 2002.
- How does Brazil rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Brazil ranks 84th out of 168 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 104.1%. 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 Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release