Brazil were considered functionally literate – that is, minimally able to read and interpret memos, pieces of news, instructions, narratives, graphs, tables, ads, and other types of text. The functional literacy rate has decreased from a 73 percent share recorded in 2009, 2011, and 2015.
In 2018, around 71 percent of people surveyed in Percentage of population deemed functionally literate in Brazil from 2007 to 2018
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Instituto Paulo Montenegro. (August 15, 2018). Percentage of population deemed functionally literate in Brazil from 2007 to 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 13, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1130373/brazil-functional-literacy/
Instituto Paulo Montenegro. "Percentage of population deemed functionally literate in Brazil from 2007 to 2018." Chart. August 15, 2018. Statista. Accessed August 13, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1130373/brazil-functional-literacy/
Instituto Paulo Montenegro. (2018). Percentage of population deemed functionally literate in Brazil from 2007 to 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 13, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1130373/brazil-functional-literacy/
Instituto Paulo Montenegro. "Percentage of Population Deemed Functionally Literate in Brazil from 2007 to 2018." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Aug 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1130373/brazil-functional-literacy/
Instituto Paulo Montenegro, Percentage of population deemed functionally literate in Brazil from 2007 to 2018 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1130373/brazil-functional-literacy/ (last visited August 13, 2022)