Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary urban gender in Paraguay
Paraguay: Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary urban gender was 0.973 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.973 GPIA
Change on year
down 0.5%
World rank
69th
of 104 countries
All-time high
0.9783 GPIA
in 2023
All-time low
0.7948 GPIA
in 1972
Years of data
27
1972–2024
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Paraguay, 1972–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Paraguay is 0.973 GPIA, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Paraguay peaked at 0.9783 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.7948 GPIA, in 1972.
Paraguay ranks 69th of 104 countries on this measure, 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 primary … primary urban gender in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 0.7948 GPIA | — |
| 1998 | 0.8862 GPIA | +11.5% |
| 1999 | 0.9079 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 2001 | 0.9041 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 0.933 GPIA | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 0.9323 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 0.932 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.9252 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 0.9199 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.9336 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 0.9334 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.9685 GPIA | +3.8% |
| 2010 | 0.9479 GPIA | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9604 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 0.9578 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.9696 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 0.9671 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.9624 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.9677 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 0.9662 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.9612 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 0.9585 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.9675 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 0.9577 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 0.9736 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 0.9783 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 0.973 GPIA | -0.5% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 0.973 GPIA is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9965 GPIA, 98% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 0.973 GPIA is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.9844 GPIA, 99% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7948 GPIA | 0.7948 GPIA | 0.7948 GPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.8971 GPIA | 0.8862 GPIA | 0.9079 GPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.9313 GPIA | 0.9041 GPIA | 0.9685 GPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.9619 GPIA | 0.9479 GPIA | 0.9696 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.97 GPIA | 0.9577 GPIA | 0.9783 GPIA | 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 primary education or higher in Paraguay?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Paraguay was 0.973 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9783 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7948 GPIA in 1972.
- How does Paraguay rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Paraguay ranks 69th out of 104 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. 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 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