Brazil: Children out of school, primary

Key figures

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 17% in 2021 and the biggest yearly fall was 30.8% in 2013. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is downward, about 33,490 a year. A straight line explains 59% of the movement over 9 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2024, Brazil had the 15th highest value of the 101 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Brazil in the 2024 ranking

• Malaysia — 12th of 101: 404,724
• Honduras — 13th of 101: 346,452
• Zimbabwe — 14th of 101: 332,314
• Mauritania — 16th of 101: 291,098
• Ghana — 17th of 101: 235,313
• Guatemala — 18th of 101: 201,342

What this measures

Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.

Limitations: Due to different data sources for enrollment and population data, the number may not capture the actual number of children not attending in primary school.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.

All 12 values

Children out of school, primary in nearby economies

• Antigua and Barbuda — 132.91 (2023)
• Argentina — 32,816 (2023)
• Bahamas, The — 4,585 (2024)
• Barbados — 3,420 (2024)
• Belize — 4,953 (2024)
• Bolivia — 136,027 (2024)
• British Virgin Islands — 1,080 (2024)
• Cayman Islands — 234 (2024)
• Chile — 31,779 (2024)
• Colombia — 289,295 (2022)
• Costa Rica

More education data for Brazil

• Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 5 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 11 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 15.11 million (2024)
• Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary — 19.24 (2017)
• Tertiary education, academic staff (% female) — 46.97% (2024)
• Secondary education, general pupils — 22.16 million (2017)
• Educational attainment, at least completed short-cycle tertiary, population 25+, female (%) (cumulative) — 24.48% (2024)

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Questions people ask

What is Brazil's children out of school, primary?

316,818 in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2012?

It is down 68.44% from 1 million in 2012 (9.16% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 1 million in 2012 and the lowest 316,818 in 2024.

How does Brazil rank?

15th highest of 101 economies with data for 2024.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API..

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.UNER, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API. Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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