Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary urban gender in Guatemala
Guatemala: Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary urban gender was 0.8469 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Guatemala, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Guatemala recorded 0.8469 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2024.
The figure is down 2.8% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Guatemala peaked at 0.8711 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.7827 GPIA, in 2000.
That places Guatemala 91st out of 104 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary urban gender in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.7827 GPIA | — |
| 2002 | 0.8105 GPIA | +3.6% |
| 2004 | 0.7843 GPIA | -3.2% |
| 2006 | 0.8 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 0.7861 GPIA | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 0.8184 GPIA | +4.1% |
| 2012 | 0.7955 GPIA | -2.8% |
| 2013 | 0.8351 GPIA | +5.0% |
| 2014 | 0.8434 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 0.8298 GPIA | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 0.8373 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 0.8469 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 0.8686 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 0.8656 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 0.8589 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 0.8711 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 0.8469 GPIA | -2.8% |
Guatemala compared with similar countries
- Guatemala's 0.8469 GPIA is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9965 GPIA, 85% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Guatemala's 0.8469 GPIA is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.9844 GPIA, 86% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7944 GPIA | 0.7827 GPIA | 0.8105 GPIA | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.829 GPIA | 0.7861 GPIA | 0.8686 GPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.8606 GPIA | 0.8469 GPIA | 0.8711 GPIA | 4 |
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 primary education or higher in Guatemala?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Guatemala was 0.8469 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8711 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7827 GPIA in 2000.
- How does Guatemala rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Guatemala ranks 91st out of 104 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. 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 primary education or higher, population 25+ years, urban, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release