Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Paraguay
Paraguay: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 0.5606 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Paraguay, 1972–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Paraguay is 0.5606 LPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of up 48.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Paraguay peaked at 0.5606 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.1264 LPIA, in 1972.
That places Paraguay 64th out of 95 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 0.1264 LPIA | — |
| 2005 | 0.3393 LPIA | +168.5% |
| 2006 | 0.351 LPIA | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 0.3614 LPIA | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 0.3164 LPIA | -12.4% |
| 2009 | 0.2346 LPIA | -25.9% |
| 2012 | 0.3014 LPIA | +28.5% |
| 2013 | 0.3769 LPIA | +25.0% |
| 2014 | 0.3772 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.4263 LPIA | +13.0% |
| 2016 | 0.4033 LPIA | -5.4% |
| 2018 | 0.4903 LPIA | +21.6% |
| 2019 | 0.5105 LPIA | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 0.5182 LPIA | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 0.5606 LPIA | +8.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.1264 LPIA | 0.1264 LPIA | 0.1264 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.3206 LPIA | 0.2346 LPIA | 0.3614 LPIA | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.4123 LPIA | 0.3014 LPIA | 0.5105 LPIA | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.5394 LPIA | 0.5182 LPIA | 0.5606 LPIA | 2 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
More education data for Paraguay
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 34,694 (2012)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 89.44 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 89.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Paraguay?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Paraguay was 0.5606 LPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5606 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1264 LPIA in 1972.
- How does Paraguay rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Paraguay ranks 64th out of 95 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 48.6%. 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, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release