Lower secondary completion in Brazil

In Brazil, 91.7% of young people had completed lower secondary school by the expected age in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2001.

Measure: Completion rate, lower secondary education Unit: % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age Data: 2001 to 2024 Source: UNESCO UIS
Brazil, 2024 91.7% % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age
Change from 2023 +0.6percentage points 2023: 91.1%
Median of G20 countries, 2019 98.7% Middle value of 8 countries Not the same period as Brazil (2024).

Lower secondary completion in Brazil over time

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% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Completion rate, lower secondary education (% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age), 2001 to 2024
Period Brazil
2024 91.7%
2023 91.1%
2022 89.7%
2021 88.6%
2020 88.8%
2019 86.7%
2018 85.4%
2017 84.0%
2016 83.4%
2015 82.7%
2014 81.4%
2013 79.8%
2012 78.4%
2011 76.9%
2009 74.7%
2008 74.2%
2007 72.0%
2006 70.1%
2005 67.7%
2004 66.1%
2003 64.2%
2002 60.9%
2001 58.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.6 percentage points from 91.1% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 81.4%, the figure has changed by +10.3 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
CR.2 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2001 to 2024 for Brazil
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org