Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Paraguay
Paraguay: Government spending on education as a share of GDP was 3.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Paraguay, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for government spending on education as a share of gdp in Paraguay is 3.5%, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 4.1% on the previous year and up 36.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Paraguay peaked at 4.2% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 1.0%, in 1990.
Paraguay ranks 125th of 199 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.2% | 2.1% | 2.3% | 2 |
| 1980s | 1.4% | 1.4% | 1.4% | 1 |
| 1990s | 3.2% | 1.0% | 4.2% | 3 |
| 2000s | 3.4% | 2.7% | 4.2% | 6 |
| 2010s | 3.2% | 2.6% | 3.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.5% | 3.4% | 3.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
More education data for Paraguay
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.9% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 28.4% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 89.4% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 34,694 (2012)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.42 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 88.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government spending on education as a share of gdp in Paraguay?
- Government spending on education as a share of gdp in Paraguay was 3.5% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 4.2% in 1999.
- What is the lowest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.0% in 1990.
- How does Paraguay rank for government spending on education as a share of gdp?
- Paraguay ranks 125th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is government spending on education as a share of gdp rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Paraguay data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Government spending on education as a share of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Total annual general government spending on all levels of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP.