Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Paraguay
Paraguay: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 0.9762 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Paraguay, 1972–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Paraguay is 0.9762 GPIA, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.3% on the previous year and down 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Paraguay peaked at 1.02 GPIA in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.688 GPIA, in 1972.
That places Paraguay 62nd out of 131 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 0.688 GPIA | — |
| 1982 | 0.8 GPIA | +16.3% |
| 1992 | 0.8497 GPIA | +6.2% |
| 2001 | 0.9269 GPIA | +9.1% |
| 2002 | 0.9857 GPIA | +6.3% |
| 2003 | 0.9379 GPIA | -4.8% |
| 2004 | 0.9193 GPIA | -2.0% |
| 2005 | 0.8843 GPIA | -3.8% |
| 2006 | 0.8739 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 0.8969 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 0.9017 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 0.824 GPIA | -8.6% |
| 2010 | 0.9244 GPIA | +12.2% |
| 2011 | 0.9487 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 0.9582 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 0.9789 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 0.9814 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.9575 GPIA | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 0.9783 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 0.9658 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 0.9654 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.9429 GPIA | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 0.9734 GPIA | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 1.02 GPIA | +4.6% |
| 2022 | 0.989 GPIA | -2.9% |
| 2023 | 0.9895 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 0.9762 GPIA | -1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.688 GPIA | 0.688 GPIA | 0.688 GPIA | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.8 GPIA | 0.8 GPIA | 0.8 GPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.8497 GPIA | 0.8497 GPIA | 0.8497 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9056 GPIA | 0.824 GPIA | 0.9857 GPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.9601 GPIA | 0.9244 GPIA | 0.9814 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9893 GPIA | 0.9734 GPIA | 1.02 GPIA | 5 |
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 0.9762 GPIA 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 1.02 GPIA in 2021.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.688 GPIA in 1972.
- How does Paraguay rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Paraguay ranks 62nd out of 131 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 down 0.5%. 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release