Youth literacy in Brazil
In Brazil, 99.5% of people aged 15 to 24 could read and write in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1980.
Brazil, 2024
99.5%
Change from 2023
+0.2percentage points
Median of G20 countries, 2024
98.9%
Youth literacy in Brazil over time
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% of people aged 15 to 24. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Brazil |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 99.5% |
| 2023 | 99.3% |
| 2022 | 99.3% |
| 2021 | 99.3% |
| 2020 | 99.2% |
| 2019 | 99.1% |
| 2018 | 99.2% |
| 2017 | 99.2% |
| 2016 | 99.1% |
| 2015 | 99.0% |
| 2014 | 98.8% |
| 2013 | 98.7% |
| 2012 | 98.6% |
| 2011 | 98.5% |
| 2010 | 97.5% |
| 2009 | 98.1% |
| 2008 | 97.8% |
| 2007 | 97.8% |
| 2006 | 97.6% |
| 2005 | 97.1% |
| 2004 | 96.8% |
| 2003 | 96.6% |
| 2002 | 96.3% |
| 2001 | 95.8% |
| 2000 | 94.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 99.3% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 98.8%, the figure has changed by +0.6 percentage points.
More for Brazil
All statistics for Brazil
Adult literacy rate
94.7%
2024 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
19.4%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Primary completion (UIS)
97.6%
2024 · UNESCO UIS
Lower secondary completion
91.7%
2024 · UNESCO UIS
Upper secondary completion
75.8%
2024 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school children
2.2%nat_est (National estimate)
2024 · UNESCO UIS