Education in Bahia, Brazil: official figures
Schools in Bahia scored 5.7 out of 10 on the Ideb basic education index for the early primary years (grades 1 to 5) in 2025, joint 3rd lowest of the 26 states and the Federal District (Brazil: 6.3); the score was 5.3 in 2023 and 2.7 in 2005.
What is the Ideb score of Bahia?
For the lower secondary years (grades 6 to 9), Bahia's Ideb score was 4.5 in 2025, 2nd lowest of the 26 states and the Federal District (Brazil: 5.3), compared with 4.2 in 2023.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais Anisio Teixeira (INEP), Ministry of Education · saved copyHow good are high schools in Bahia?
Bahia's Ideb score for upper secondary school (ensino medio) was 4.0 in 2025, joint 4th lowest of the 26 states and the Federal District (Brazil: 4.5); it was 3.1 in 2015. The Ideb combines pass rates with Saeb test results in Portuguese and mathematics.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais Anisio Teixeira (INEP), Ministry of Education · saved copyWhat is the literacy rate in Bahia?
9.9% of people aged 15 and over in Bahia could not read and write a simple note in 2024, 9th highest of the 26 states and the Federal District (Brazil: 5.3%); in 2019 the rate was 12.2%.
Source: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatistica (IBGE) · saved copyHow many people in Bahia have a degree?
13.2% of adults aged 25 and over in Bahia had completed higher education in 2024, 2nd lowest of the 26 states and the Federal District (Brazil: 20.4%), while 40.8% had no schooling or had not finished primary school (Brazil: 32.0%).
Source: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatistica (IBGE) · saved copyHow many years of schooling do young people in Bahia have?
Young adults aged 18 to 29 in Bahia had spent 11.3 years in education on average in 2024, and 65.8% had at least 12 years of schooling (Brazil: 11.9 years and 74.2%).
Source: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatistica (IBGE) · saved copyWhat is the high school graduation rate in Bahia?
67.7% of young people in Bahia had completed upper secondary school by the expected age range in 2024 (74.6% of women and 60.1% of men), 6th lowest of the 26 states and the Federal District (Brazil: 75.1%).
Source: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatistica (IBGE) · saved copyHow many young people in Bahia go to university?
In 2024, 72.1% of 15- to 17-year-olds in Bahia were in upper secondary school or had finished it, and 20.3% of 18- to 24-year-olds were in or had completed higher education (adjusted net attendance; Brazil: 76.8% and 27.3%).
Source: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatistica (IBGE) · saved copyHow many young children in Bahia go to nursery?
35.8% of children aged 0 to 3 in Bahia attended a creche (day nursery) in 2024, 14th highest of the 26 states and the Federal District (Brazil: 39.7%), and 95.2% of 4- and 5-year-olds attended pre-school.
Source: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatistica (IBGE) · saved copyHow big are school classes in Bahia?
Public school classes in Bahia had an average of 20.4 pupils in the early primary years, 25.1 in the lower secondary years and 28.9 in upper secondary school in 2024 (School Census; Brazil: 22.3, 26.6 and 29.3).
Source: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatistica (IBGE) · saved copyHow Bahia compares with other states
Ideb, early primary years (grades 1-5) (2025)
Bahia ranks 23 of 27, highest first. All school networks; scale 0-10.
| Rank | Region | Ideb, early primary years (grades 1-5) |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | Tocantins | 5.9 |
| 21 | Roraima | 5.9 |
| 22 | Sergipe | 5.8 |
| 23 | Bahia | 5.7 |
| 24 | Maranhao | 5.7 |
| 25 | Rio Grande do Norte | 5.7 |
| 26 | Para | 5.6 |
Ideb, lower secondary years (grades 6-9) (2025)
Bahia ranks 26 of 27, highest first. All school networks; scale 0-10.
| Rank | Region | Ideb, lower secondary years (grades 6-9) |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | Sergipe | 4.8 |
| 22 | Rondonia | 4.8 |
| 23 | Maranhao | 4.7 |
| 24 | Rio Grande do Norte | 4.6 |
| 25 | Amapa | 4.6 |
| 26 | Bahia | 4.5 |
| 27 | Roraima | 4.4 |
Ideb, upper secondary school (2025)
Bahia ranks 23 of 27, highest first. All school networks; scale 0-10.
| Rank | Region | Ideb, upper secondary school |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | Rondonia | 4.2 |
| 21 | Acre | 4.2 |
| 22 | Distrito Federal | 4.1 |
| 23 | Bahia | 4.0 |
| 24 | Amapa | 4.0 |
| 25 | Maranhao | 3.9 |
| 26 | Amazonas | 3.8 |
Illiteracy rate, people aged 15 and over (%) (2024)
Bahia ranks 9 of 27, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Illiteracy rate, people aged 15 and over (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Sergipe | 10.8% |
| 7 | Rio Grande do Norte | 10.5% |
| 8 | Pernambuco | 10.1% |
| 9 | Bahia | 9.9% |
| 10 | Acre | 9.4% |
| 11 | Para | 6.6% |
| 12 | Tocantins | 6.6% |
Adults 25+ with a completed degree (%) (2024)
Bahia ranks 26 of 27, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Adults 25+ with a completed degree (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | Sergipe | 15.1% |
| 22 | Pernambuco | 14.7% |
| 23 | Para | 14.2% |
| 24 | Alagoas | 14.1% |
| 25 | Ceara | 13.7% |
| 26 | Bahia | 13.2% |
| 27 | Maranhao | 12.5% |
Upper secondary completion rate (%) (2024)
Bahia ranks 22 of 27, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Upper secondary completion rate (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | Alagoas | 69.5% |
| 20 | Amapa | 69.4% |
| 21 | Paraiba | 69.4% |
| 22 | Bahia | 67.7% |
| 23 | Rondonia | 66.4% |
| 24 | Para | 64.4% |
| 25 | Acre | 63.9% |
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Sources
- Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais Anisio Teixeira (INEP), Ministry of Education: Ideb 2025: results for regions and federative units (early primary, lower secondary and upper secondary, all school networks), 2005-2025, read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 a8ecdb2cef93…)
- Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatistica (IBGE): Sintese de Indicadores Sociais 2025, chapter 4 tables (education): Tables 4.1, 4.3, 4.9, 4.11, 4.14, 4.21, 4.22 (PNAD Continua 2024; School Census 2024), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 fc0eefb8a6ad…)
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