Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Paraguay
Paraguay: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.973 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
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 education or higher 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% |
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
- 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 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