Educational attainment rate, completed lower … lower urban female in Paraguay
Paraguay: Educational attainment rate, completed lower … lower urban female was 66.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Paraguay, 1972–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Paraguay is 66.8%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 12.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Paraguay peaked at 66.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 20.0%, in 1972.
Paraguay ranks 64th of 97 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower … lower urban female in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 20.0% | — |
| 2001 | 40.9% | +104.1% |
| 2002 | 39.3% | -3.9% |
| 2003 | 42.5% | +8.1% |
| 2004 | 41.8% | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 51.8% | +23.9% |
| 2006 | 47.9% | -7.6% |
| 2007 | 45.8% | -4.3% |
| 2008 | 49.2% | +7.4% |
| 2009 | 47.6% | -3.4% |
| 2010 | 50.9% | +7.0% |
| 2011 | 55.4% | +8.8% |
| 2012 | 55.8% | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 59.3% | +6.4% |
| 2014 | 59.2% | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 60.4% | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 59.9% | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 59.6% | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 59.6% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 61.3% | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 62.8% | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 63.9% | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 64.5% | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 66.3% | +2.8% |
| 2024 | 66.8% | +0.7% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 66.8% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 73.4%, 91% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 66.8% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 66.8%, 1.0× the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed lower … lower urban female in Paraguay changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +104.1% | 20.0% | 40.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 20.0% | 20.0% | 20.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 45.2% | 39.3% | 51.8% | 9 |
| 2010s | 58.1% | 50.9% | 61.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 64.9% | 62.8% | 66.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
More education data for Paraguay
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 86.59 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 86.67 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 34,286 (2012)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 12,773 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 109,864 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 106,763 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 570,654 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 710,209 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.4674 % change on previous year (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 66.8% 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 66.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.0% in 1972.
- How does Paraguay rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Paraguay ranks 64th out of 97 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 12.8%. 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, urban, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release