Education in Tocantins, Brazil: official figures
Schools in Tocantins scored 5.9 out of 10 on the Ideb basic education index for the early primary years (grades 1 to 5) in 2025, joint 7th lowest of the 26 states and the Federal District (Brazil: 6.3); the score was 5.6 in 2023 and 3.5 in 2005.
What is the Ideb score of Tocantins?
For the lower secondary years (grades 6 to 9), Tocantins' Ideb score was 4.9 in 2025, joint 9th lowest of the 26 states and the Federal District (Brazil: 5.3), compared with 4.9 in 2023.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais Anisio Teixeira (INEP), Ministry of Education · saved copyHow good are high schools in Tocantins?
Tocantins' Ideb score for upper secondary school (ensino medio) was 4.3 in 2025, joint 11th lowest of the 26 states and the Federal District (Brazil: 4.5); it was 3.4 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 Tocantins?
6.6% of people aged 15 and over in Tocantins could not read and write a simple note in 2024, 12th highest of the 26 states and the Federal District (Brazil: 5.3%); in 2019 the rate was 8.9%.
Source: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatistica (IBGE) · saved copyHow many people in Tocantins have a degree?
19.6% of adults aged 25 and over in Tocantins had completed higher education in 2024, 13th highest of the 26 states and the Federal District (Brazil: 20.4%), while 36.6% 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 Tocantins have?
Young adults aged 18 to 29 in Tocantins had spent 12.0 years in education on average in 2024, and 74.0% 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 Tocantins?
75.0% of young people in Tocantins had completed upper secondary school by the expected age range in 2024 (81.2% of women and 68.2% of men), 9th highest 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 Tocantins go to university?
In 2024, 80.5% of 15- to 17-year-olds in Tocantins were in upper secondary school or had finished it, and 29.1% 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 Tocantins go to nursery?
33.2% of children aged 0 to 3 in Tocantins attended a creche (day nursery) in 2024, 9th lowest of the 26 states and the Federal District (Brazil: 39.7%), and 97.1% of 4- and 5-year-olds attended pre-school.
Source: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatistica (IBGE) · saved copyHow big are school classes in Tocantins?
Public school classes in Tocantins had an average of 21.4 pupils in the early primary years, 24.7 in the lower secondary years and 24.8 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 Tocantins compares with other states
Ideb, early primary years (grades 1-5) (2025)
Tocantins ranks 20 of 27, highest first. All school networks; scale 0-10.
| Rank | Region | Ideb, early primary years (grades 1-5) |
|---|---|---|
| 17 | Pernambuco | 6.0 |
| 18 | Amazonas | 6.0 |
| 19 | Mato Grosso do Sul | 5.9 |
| 20 | Tocantins | 5.9 |
| 21 | Roraima | 5.9 |
| 22 | Sergipe | 5.8 |
| 23 | Bahia | 5.7 |
Ideb, lower secondary years (grades 6-9) (2025)
Tocantins ranks 18 of 27, highest first. All school networks; scale 0-10.
| Rank | Region | Ideb, lower secondary years (grades 6-9) |
|---|---|---|
| 15 | Mato Grosso do Sul | 5.0 |
| 16 | Paraiba | 4.9 |
| 17 | Amazonas | 4.9 |
| 18 | Tocantins | 4.9 |
| 19 | Acre | 4.9 |
| 20 | Para | 4.8 |
| 21 | Sergipe | 4.8 |
Ideb, upper secondary school (2025)
Tocantins ranks 17 of 27, highest first. All school networks; scale 0-10.
| Rank | Region | Ideb, upper secondary school |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | Mato Grosso do Sul | 4.4 |
| 15 | Alagoas | 4.3 |
| 16 | Sergipe | 4.3 |
| 17 | Tocantins | 4.3 |
| 18 | Rio de Janeiro | 4.2 |
| 19 | Rio Grande do Norte | 4.2 |
| 20 | Rondonia | 4.2 |
Illiteracy rate, people aged 15 and over (%) (2024)
Tocantins ranks 12 of 27, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Illiteracy rate, people aged 15 and over (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Bahia | 9.9% |
| 10 | Acre | 9.4% |
| 11 | Para | 6.6% |
| 12 | Tocantins | 6.6% |
| 13 | Amapa | 5.4% |
| 14 | Rondonia | 5.2% |
| 15 | Amazonas | 4.8% |
Adults 25+ with a completed degree (%) (2024)
Tocantins ranks 13 of 27, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Adults 25+ with a completed degree (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Goias | 20.5% |
| 11 | Rio Grande do Sul | 20.4% |
| 12 | Espirito Santo | 20.1% |
| 13 | Tocantins | 19.6% |
| 14 | Minas Gerais | 19.0% |
| 15 | Acre | 18.6% |
| 16 | Amazonas | 18.2% |
Upper secondary completion rate (%) (2024)
Tocantins ranks 9 of 27, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Upper secondary completion rate (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Ceara | 76.7% |
| 7 | Parana | 75.9% |
| 8 | Roraima | 75.3% |
| 9 | Tocantins | 75.0% |
| 10 | Espirito Santo | 74.6% |
| 11 | Mato Grosso do Sul | 74.1% |
| 12 | Pernambuco | 73.0% |
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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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