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. 2023 Aug 22;23:882. doi: 10.1186/s12913-023-09795-9

Table 2.

Number of courses, vacancies, vacancy density (per 100,000 population), number of former students, and density of former students (per 100,000 population) in public institutions by state and major regions, Brazil, 2010 and 2021

Regions/States 2010 2021
n Vacancies DV* Students DA* Former students DF* n Vacancies DV* Students DA* Former students DF*
North 11 867 1.80 4653 9.68 720 1.50 18 1354 2.60 6280 12.06 911 1.75
 Acre 1 40 5.45 203 27.67 80 10.91 1 90 9.92 396 43.67 59 6.51
 Amapá 1 30 4.48 29 4.33 0 0 1 60 6.84 343 39.08 61 6.95
 Amazonas 2 232 6.66 1411 40.5 173 4.97 3 256 6 1481 34.68 183 4.29
 Pará 3 292 3.85 1562 20.6 379 5 5 376 4.28 2024 23.06 290 3.3
 Rondônia 1 40 2.56 238 15.23 42 2.69 1 40 2.2 156 8.59 35 1.93
 Roraima 1 33 7.33 172 38.18 0 0 2 113 17.31 506 77.52 83 12.72
 Tocantins 2 200 14.46 1038 75.03 46 3.33 5 419 26.07 1374 85.48 200 12.44
Northeast 24 1782 3.71 8739 18.19 1444 3.00 42 2658 5.10 13,175 25.31 1726 3.32
 Alagoas 2 130 4.17 695 22.27 158 5.06 3 216 6.42 995 29.57 110 3.27
 Bahia 5 286 2.04 1553 11.08 239 1.71 11 478 3.19 3330 22.22 324 2.16
 Ceará 4 320 3.79 1515 32.53 316 3.74 4 360 3.9 1772 29.89 223 2.41
 Maranhão 2 130 1.98 669 10.18 79 1.2 5 363 5.07 1499 20.96 197 2.75
 Paraíba 3 280 7.43 1269 33.69 183 4.86 3 285 7.02 1230 30.3 152 3.74
 Pernambuco 3 295 3.35 2039 23.18 370 4.21 6 521 5.39 2733 28.25 350 3.62
 Piauí 2 130 4.17 596 19.11 118 3.78 4 240 7.3 1065 32.38 172 5.23
 Rio Grande do Norte 2 126 3.98 621 19.6 92 2.9 4 263 7.39 1229 34.51 241 6.77
 Sergipe 1 100 4.84 552 26.69 76 3.68 2 168 7.18 825 35.28 155 6.63
Center-West 6 454 3.23 2236 15.90 404 2.87 21 2538 15.19 8398 50.27 1074 6.43
 Federal District 2 154 5.99 836 17.92 153 5.95 2 180 5.82 925 19.18 165 5.33
 Goiás 1 110 1.83 559 9.31 112 1.87 11 1804 25.03 5039 69.92 469 6.51
 Mato Grosso 1 80 2.28 285 9.39 37 1.22 4 262 1.95 1087 30.47 218 6.11
 Mato Grosso do Sul 2 110 2.64 556 22.7 102 4.16 4 292 7.34 1347 47.44 222 7.82
Southeast 24 2448 3.05 12,735 15.85 2463 3.06 36 3887 4.34 18,942 21.13 2868 3.20
 Espírito Santo 1 80 4.49 423 12.03 95 2.7 1 80 10.28 424 10.32 88 2.14
 Minas Gerais 8 888 4.53 4471 22.81 687 3.51 15 1568 7.32 7666 35.8 1026 4.79
 Rio de Janeiro 5 660 4.13 3349 20.94 572 3.58 5 717 4.11 3669 21.01 545 3.12
 São Paulo 10 820 1.99 4492 10.89 1109 2.69 15 1522 3.26 7183 15.4 1209 2.59
South 10 1091 3.986 5745 20.98 958 3.50 17 1596 5.25 7955 26.17 1096 3.60
 Paraná 5 376 3.6 1903 18.22 317 3.04 9 615 5.3 3175 27.38 352 3.04
 Rio Grande do Sul 5 507 4.74 2729 25.52 474 4.43 7 695 6.06 3375 29.43 526 4.59
 Santa Catarina 3 208 3.33 1113 17.81 167 2.67 4 286 3.9 1405 19.15 218 2.97
Brazil 75 6642 3.05 34,108 15.65 5989 2.75 134 12,033 5.00 54,750 22.73 7675 3.19

DA Density of active students, DF Density of former students, DV Density of vacancies

*Per 100,000 population