Educational attainment rate, completed lower … lower rural gender in Guatemala
Guatemala: Educational attainment rate, completed lower … lower rural gender was 0.7681 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Guatemala, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Guatemala recorded 0.7681 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in 2024.
That represents a change of down 9.3% on the previous year and up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Guatemala peaked at 0.8472 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.5686 GPIA, in 2000.
That places Guatemala 72nd out of 94 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower … lower rural gender in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.5686 GPIA | — |
| 2002 | 0.6128 GPIA | +7.8% |
| 2006 | 0.6104 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.6724 GPIA | +10.2% |
| 2013 | 0.7928 GPIA | +17.9% |
| 2014 | 0.7664 GPIA | -3.3% |
| 2015 | 0.679 GPIA | -11.4% |
| 2019 | 0.6461 GPIA | -4.9% |
| 2022 | 0.772 GPIA | +19.5% |
| 2023 | 0.8472 GPIA | +9.7% |
| 2024 | 0.7681 GPIA | -9.3% |
Guatemala compared with similar countries
- Guatemala's 0.7681 GPIA is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9787 GPIA, 78% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Guatemala's 0.7681 GPIA is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.03 GPIA, 74% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.5973 GPIA | 0.5686 GPIA | 0.6128 GPIA | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.7113 GPIA | 0.6461 GPIA | 0.7928 GPIA | 5 |
| 2020s | 0.7957 GPIA | 0.7681 GPIA | 0.8472 GPIA | 3 |
Countries ranked near Guatemala
More education data for Guatemala
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 91.64 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 91.57 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 122,548 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 247,917 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 335,306 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 328,468 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.13 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 2.42 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.3948 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Guatemala?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Guatemala was 0.7681 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8472 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5686 GPIA in 2000.
- How does Guatemala rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Guatemala ranks 72nd out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guatemala data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, rural, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release