Primary completion (UIS) in Brazil

In Brazil, 97.6% of children had completed primary school by the expected age in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2001.

Measure: Completion rate, primary education Unit: % of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age Data: 2001 to 2024 Source: UNESCO UIS
Brazil, 2024 97.6% % of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age
Change from 2023 +0.9percentage points 2023: 96.7%
Median of G20 countries, 2019 99.4% Middle value of 7 countries Not the same period as Brazil (2024).

Primary completion (UIS) in Brazil over time

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% of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary 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, primary education (% of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age), 2001 to 2024
Period Brazil
2024 97.6%
2023 96.7%
2022 97.1%
2021 96.7%
2020 96.3%
2019 95.7%
2018 95.1%
2017 94.6%
2016 93.8%
2015 93.2%
2014 92.9%
2013 91.5%
2012 91.6%
2011 89.9%
2009 88.6%
2008 88.4%
2007 88.4%
2006 89.3%
2005 87.9%
2004 87.4%
2003 86.6%
2002 84.1%
2001 82.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.9 percentage points from 96.7% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 92.9%, the figure has changed by +4.7 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
CR.1 · 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