Brazil

Adult literacy in Brazil

Adult literacy in Brazil: 74.6% in 1980 and 94.7% in 2024, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2024
94.7%
Since 1980
+20.1 percentage points
World, 2024
87.7%
Watch it change on the map

% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in BrazilAdult literacy in Brazil: 74.6% in 1980 and 94.7% in 2024, by UNESCO estimates. The highest was 94.8% in 2021, the lowest 74.6% in 1980.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 94.8% in 2021, the lowest 74.6% in 1980.

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearBrazilWorld
202494.787.7
202394.687.6
202294.487.4
202194.887.2
202094.787
201993.986.8
201893.286.8
201793.186.5
201692.886.3
201592.186
201491.785.6
201391.585.2
201291.384.9
201191.484.7
201090.484.4
200990.383.8
20089083.5
20079083.1
200689.682.5
2005–82.6
200488.682.6
2003–82.2
2002–81.7
2001–81.4
200086.481.1
1999–80.9
1998–80.5
1997–79.3
1996–77.3
1995–76.9
1994–76.4
1993–76
1992–75.5
1991–75.1
1990–74.6
1989–74.1
1988–73.6
1987–71.9
1986–71.3
1985–70.7
1984–70.2
1983–69.5
1982–68.9
1981–68.4
198074.667.8
1979–67.2
1978–66.5
1977–65.9
1976–65.6
1975–65.4

Good to know

  • The share of people aged 15 and over who can read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life.
  • Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, via the World Bank.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time

Brazil in numbers

Every measure for Brazil on one page

Health

People

Economy

Education

Politics

Conflict

Military

Climate

Technology and environment