Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Brazil
Brazil: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 16.8% 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 16.8%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 18.0% on the previous year and up 99.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Brazil peaked at 16.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4.9%, in 2002.
Brazil ranks 95th of 168 countries on this measure, 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 | 5.0% | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 7.3% | +45.4% |
| 2005 | 7.7% | +6.1% |
| 2007 | 11.0% | +42.9% |
| 2008 | 12.3% | +12.1% |
| 2009 | 13.4% | +8.8% |
| 2010 | 14.3% | +6.4% |
| 2011 | 15.1% | +5.7% |
| 2012 | 15.8% | +5.1% |
| 2013 | 8.1% | -48.6% |
| 2014 | 8.4% | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 8.5% | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 9.3% | +8.9% |
| 2017 | 9.7% | +4.8% |
| 2018 | 10.5% | +8.1% |
| 2019 | 10.4% | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 10.9% | +5.5% |
| 2021 | 11.2% | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 12.6% | +12.7% |
| 2023 | 14.3% | +13.1% |
| 2024 | 16.8% | +18.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.8% | 4.9% | 13.4% | 7 |
| 2010s | 11.0% | 8.1% | 15.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.2% | 10.9% | 16.8% | 5 |
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More education data for Brazil
- 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)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 10.55 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 620,653 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 76,095 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 6.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 3.1 % 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 16.8% 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 16.8% 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 95th 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 99.4%. 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, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release