Brazil's primary education, pupils (% female) was 47.91% in 2017, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 0.7 percentage points from 47.21% in 2007.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 47.91% | 2017 |
| Five years earlier | 47.43% | 2012 |
| Ten years earlier | 47.21% | 2007 |
| Highest | 49.71% | 1970 |
| Lowest | 47.18% | 2008 |
| Average since 2008 | 47.58% | 2008–2017 |
| First recorded | 49.71% | 1970 |
What the numbers say
In 2017, Brazil's primary education, pupils (% female) fell 0.03 percentage points on 2016 (from 47.94% to 47.91%).
Across the 19 yearly changes before that (1971 to 2016), the average change was +0.02 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.13 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.34 percentage points in 2013 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.33 percentage points in 1971. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2008 to 2017 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.1 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 90% of the movement over 10 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 2017, Brazil had the 62nd highest value of the 68 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 47.91% | 2017 |
| World | 48.43% | 2018 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 48.5% | 2018 |
| Upper middle income | 47.49% | 2018 |
Closest to Brazil in the 2017 ranking
What this measures
Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at primary level include enrollments in public and private schools.
Limitations: The percentage of female enrollment is limited in assessing gender parity, because it's affected by the gender composition of population. Ratio of female to male in enrollment rate provides a population adjusted measure of gender parity.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 25 values
| Year | Primary education, pupils (% female) |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 47.91 |
| 2016 | 47.94 |
| 2015 | 47.93 |
| 2014 | 47.89 |
| 2013 | 47.76 |
| 2012 | 47.43 |
| 2011 | 47.33 |
| 2010 | 47.24 |
| 2009 | 47.2 |
| 2008 | 47.18 |
| 2007 |
Primary education, pupils (% female) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — 49.2% (2018)
- Argentina — 49.04% (2017)
- Bahamas, The — 49.57% (2018)
- Barbados — 48.32% (2018)
- Belize — 47.74% (2018)
- Bolivia — 48.68% (2018)
- British Virgin Islands — 46.91% (2017)
- Cayman Islands — 48.38% (2018)
- Chile — 48.4% (2017)
- Colombia — 48.13% (2018)
- 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)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Brazil's primary education, pupils (% female)?
- 47.91% in 2017, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1970?
- It is down 1.8 percentage points from 49.71% in 1970. The highest value was 49.71% in 1970 and the lowest 47.18% in 2008.
- How does Brazil rank?
- 62nd highest of 68 economies with data for 2017.
- Is the latest change in primary education, pupils (% female) unusual for Brazil?
- In 2017, Brazil's primary education, pupils (% female) fell 0.03 percentage points on 2016 (from 47.94% to 47.91%). Across the 19 yearly changes before that (1971 to 2016), the average change was +0.02 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.13 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.ENRL.FE.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) 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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