Brazil
Last updated August 4, 2026
Composite GEFRI Score
Human Capital is a strength, but Governance lags
Brazil shows progressing readiness to meet the challenges and opportunities of education in a rapidly changing world (67th percentile worldwide). Reforms are translating into broader capability, though uneven performance continues to slow system-wide alignment.
- Global percentile
- 67th
- Global rank
- #60
- Regional rank
- #4
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Country profile
Brazil shows progressing readiness, with important strengths but continued gaps across the system. Its strongest results are in Human Capital (86, 90th percentile).
Uneven scores across dimensions show where readiness conditions are less aligned.
The research workforce is undersized, slowing experimentation and knowledge creation. Policy execution and regulatory capacity remain weak, leaving reforms fragmented and hard to sustain. Girls outperform boys in secondary pathways, adding pressure to address male dropout risks.
Governance presents a near-term leapfrog opportunity: performance is just below the global average, backed by enough observed data to support forward planning. Regionally, Brazil leads most clearly in Innovation, sitting well above the peer average.
Areas with room to grow: Infrastructure (80, 56th percentile), School Access and Gender Parity (74, 49th percentile), GEFRI Composite (69, 67th percentile) and Governance (47, 55th percentile). These dimensions sit close to global norms and could accelerate quickly with targeted investment.
Some indicators are imputed, so the profile should be read with moderate caution.
Key insights
Sits above the global median at the 67th percentile.
Places 60th worldwide.
Holds a regional position of 4th within Latin America & Caribbean.
Scores range from Human Capital (86.2) to Governance (46.5), reflecting variation across dimensions.
Leads regional peers most clearly in Innovation.
Regional peers: Latin America & Caribbean
Composite GEFRI Score