Out-of-school youth in Brazil

In Brazil, 7.6% of young people of upper secondary school age were not in school in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2012.

Measure: Out-of-school rate, youth of upper secondary school age Unit: % of youth of upper secondary school age Data: 2012 to 2024 Source: UNESCO UIS
The latest value carries the source flag “National estimate”.
Brazil, 2024 7.6%nat_est (National estimate) % of youth of upper secondary school age
Change from 2022 −1.1percentage points 2022: 8.7%
Median of G20 countries, 2024 7.6% Middle value of 9 countries

Out-of-school youth in Brazil over time

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% of youth of upper secondary school age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Out-of-school rate, youth of upper secondary school age (% of youth of upper secondary school age), 2012 to 2024
Period Brazil
2024 7.6%nat_est (National estimate)
2022 8.7%nat_est (National estimate)
2021 12.1%nat_est (National estimate)
2020 13.7%nat_est (National estimate)
2019 14.3%nat_est (National estimate)
2018 14.4%nat_est (National estimate)
2017 15.5%nat_est (National estimate)
2016 14.9%nat_est (National estimate)
2015 14.6%nat_est (National estimate)
2014 11.7%nat_est (National estimate)
2013 13.2%uis_est (UIS estimate)
2012 14.9%nat_est (National estimate)

Flags: nat_est National estimate; uis_est UIS estimate . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 8.7% in 2022, a change of −1.1 percentage points.
  • Since 2013, when it was 13.2%, the figure has changed by −5.6 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
ROFST.3.CP · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2012 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