Upper secondary completion in Brazil

In Brazil, 75.8% of young people had completed upper 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, upper secondary education Unit: % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age Data: 2001 to 2024 Source: UNESCO UIS
Brazil, 2024 75.8% % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age
Change from 2023 +2.1percentage points 2023: 73.7%
Median of G20 countries, 2019 84.0% Middle value of 8 countries Not the same period as Brazil (2024).

Upper 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, upper secondary education (% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age), 2001 to 2024
Period Brazil
2024 75.8%
2023 73.7%
2022 73.5%
2021 73.4%
2020 73.0%
2019 69.3%
2018 66.3%
2017 64.2%
2016 64.0%
2015 63.3%
2014 61.1%
2013 60.1%
2012 58.6%
2011 58.7%
2009 56.8%
2008 54.3%
2007 51.1%
2006 50.4%
2005 47.5%
2004 45.8%
2003 44.1%
2002 41.2%
2001 37.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +2.1 percentage points from 73.7% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 61.1%, the figure has changed by +14.7 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
CR.3 · 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