Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Brazil

Gross tertiary enrolment in Brazil was 69.7% in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2012.

Measure: Tertiary education enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the population in the five years after secondary school age Data: 2012 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Brazil, 2024 69.7% % of the population in the five years after secondary school age
Change from 2022 +8.7percentage points 2022: 61.0%
World, 2024 43.6% Official aggregate
Median of G20 countries, 2024 74.1% Middle value of 10 countries

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Brazil over time

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% of the population in the five years after secondary school age. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) (% of the population in the five years after secondary school age), 2001 to 2024
Period BrazilWorld
2024 69.7% 43.6%
2023 – 43.2%
2022 61.0% 42.0%
2021 57.6% 41.1%
2020 55.5% 39.7%
2019 53.6% 38.7%
2018 52.1% 37.9%
2017 50.7% 37.5%
2016 49.0% 37.1%
2015 49.1% 36.6%
2014 47.8% 35.6%
2013 45.0% 33.1%
2012 43.8% 32.3%
2011 – 31.1%
2010 – 29.6%
2009 – 28.3%
2008 – 27.4%
2007 – 26.3%
2006 – 25.7%
2005 – 24.3%
2004 – 23.6%
2003 – 22.8%
2002 – 21.6%
2001 – 20.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 61.0% in 2022, a change of +8.7 percentage points.
  • Since 2013, when it was 45.0%, the figure has changed by +24.7 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 43.6%.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.TER.ENRR · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2012 to 2024 for Brazil
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics