Total net enrolment rate: primary education in Brazil
Brazil: Total net enrolment rate: primary education was 96.02 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Total net enrolment rate: primary education in Brazil, 1970–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
In 2022, total net enrolment rate: primary education in Brazil stood at 96.02.
The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total net enrolment rate: primary education in Brazil peaked at 97.26 in 1999 and was at its lowest, 70.64, in 1970.
Brazil ranks 15th of 36 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Total net enrolment rate: primary education in Brazil, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 70.64 | — |
| 1999 | 97.26 | +37.7% |
| 2012 | 94.18 | -3.2% |
| 2013 | 96.05 | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 96.02 | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 95.59 | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 95.74 | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 95.78 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 95.17 | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 95.81 | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 95.48 | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 94.77 | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 96.02 | +1.3% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 96.02 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 94.73, 1.0× the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 96.02 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 95.65, 1.0× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Total net enrolment rate: primary education in Brazil changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +37.7% | 70.64 | 97.26 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 70.64 | 70.64 | 70.64 | 1 |
| 1990s | 97.26 | 97.26 | 97.26 | 1 |
| 2010s | 95.54 | 94.18 | 96.05 | 8 |
| 2020s | 95.42 | 94.77 | 96.02 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
More education data for Brazil
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 98.18 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 97.81 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.02 million (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 1.44 million (2011)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.71 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.59 million (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 21.50 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 15.11 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.1454 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total net enrolment rate: primary education in Brazil?
- Total net enrolment rate: primary education in Brazil was 96.02 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest total net enrolment rate: primary education recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 97.26 in 1999.
- What is the lowest total net enrolment rate: primary education recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 70.64 in 1970.
- How does Brazil rank for total net enrolment rate: primary education?
- Brazil ranks 15th out of 36 countries with data for 2022.
- Is total net enrolment rate: primary education rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brazil data come from?
- The figures come from UNICEF, published as part of Total net enrolment rate: primary education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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