Education in Brazil 3,494 indicators covering education for Brazil. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 7.3% 2025 down 28.9% 68th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 4.9% 2025 down 31.9% 94th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 6.0% 2025 down 30.1% 79th Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, female 85.3% 2024 up 55.6% 42nd Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male 55.0% 2024 up 34.9% 62nd Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 1.36 GPIA 2024 up 7.9% 46th Primary education, teachers 89.1% 2024 down 0.6% 36th Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 318,381 number 2018 down 19.5% 6th Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.1147 % change on previous year 2018 down 95.6% 134th Repeaters, primary, total 8.7% 2011 down 59.2% 37th School life expectancy, tertiary, female 4.01 years 2024 up 42.7% 53rd School life expectancy, tertiary, male 2.74 years 2024 up 27.9% 62nd School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index 1.32 GPIA 2024 up 6.4% 63rd Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 3.9% 2011 up 190.0% 76th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 16.12 years 2024 up 4.7% 43rd Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes 448,533 number 2018 up 19.5% 6th Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 80.6% 2003 up 8.9% 122nd Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 3,404 2024 down 14.1% 33rd Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 4,512 2024 down 17.6% 20th Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 14,147 2024 down 40.4% 10th Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 24,673 2024 down 18.0% 6th Share of children who are not in pre-primary school 6.9% 2024 down 49.9% 109th School life expectancy, pre-primary, female 1.84 years 2024 up 10.0% 102nd School life expectancy, pre-primary, male 1.82 years 2024 up 10.9% 100th School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 0.8% 91st Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 96.3% 2024 up 0.8% 119th Teachers in pre-primary education, male 10,863 2024 down 18.4% 13th Teachers in pre-primary education, female 279,097 2024 down 0.0% 7th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index 1.05 GPI 2011 up 2.9% 65th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female 210,722 2024 up 2.9% 4th Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female 47.0% 2024 up 3.6% 75th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male 237,919 2024 down 3.7% 6th Share of the population with no formal education with projections 0.3% 2100 down 33.5% 103rd Number of adults with no formal education by region 604,900 people 2100 down 37.4% 33rd Population by level of education 57.19 million people 2100 up 4.5% 12th Projections of the fertility rate by education scenario 0.877 births per woman in last 5 years 2100 down 4.7% 144th Repeaters, primary, female 24.0% 1999 — 4th Repeaters, primary, male 24.0% 1999 — 5th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 16.88 years 2024 up 6.8% 37th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 15.36 years 2024 up 2.7% 50th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity 1.09 GPIA 2024 up 3.5% 45th Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 94.9% 2018 down 2.0% 119th Teachers in pre-primary education, female 302,088 number 2018 down 21.1% 5th Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, both sexes 83.2% 2024 up 13.1% 29th Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male 83.7% 2024 up 12.4% 42nd Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity 0.99 GPIA 2024 up 1.0% 8th School enrollment, secondary, private 15.8% 2024 up 18.0% 80th School enrollment, primary 96.3% 2017 up 5.1% 53rd Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 0.9837 GPIA 2024 down 0.8% 207th Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes 95.9% 2024 up 3.4% 38th Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female 96.6% 2024 up 3.2% 29th Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male 95.1% 2024 up 3.6% 43rd Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index 1.02 GPIA 2024 unchanged 2nd Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female 82.8% 2024 up 13.7% 24th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, both sexes 94.7% 2024 up 3.3% 37th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, female 95.0% 2024 up 3.2% 32nd Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male 94.5% 2024 up 3.4% 42nd Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, both sexes 99.5% 2024 up 0.6% 22nd Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity 1.01 GPIA 2024 unchanged 2nd Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male 99.2% 2024 up 0.8% 27th ← Previous Page 8 of 59 Next →