Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary rural female in Paraguay
Paraguay: Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary rural female was 66.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Paraguay, 1972–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Paraguay stood at 66.4%. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 21.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Paraguay peaked at 66.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 7.7%, in 1972.
Paraguay ranks 70th of 103 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 rural female in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 7.7% | — |
| 1998 | 33.2% | +333.2% |
| 1999 | 32.9% | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 34.7% | +5.5% |
| 2002 | 38.0% | +9.5% |
| 2003 | 39.0% | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 40.0% | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 42.5% | +6.3% |
| 2006 | 43.0% | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 46.4% | +8.0% |
| 2008 | 46.3% | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 46.6% | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 48.2% | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 52.5% | +8.9% |
| 2012 | 50.7% | -3.4% |
| 2013 | 57.4% | +13.1% |
| 2014 | 54.5% | -5.0% |
| 2015 | 57.8% | +6.1% |
| 2016 | 57.4% | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 58.5% | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 59.0% | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 61.5% | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 62.1% | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 64.6% | +3.9% |
| 2022 | 64.4% | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 66.3% | +3.0% |
| 2024 | 66.4% | +0.2% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 66.4% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 82.6%, 80% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 66.4% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 65.9%, 1.0× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary rural 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +333.2% | 7.7% | 33.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 7.7% | 7.7% | 7.7% | 1 |
| 1990s | 33.0% | 32.9% | 33.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 41.8% | 34.7% | 46.6% | 9 |
| 2010s | 55.7% | 48.2% | 61.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 64.8% | 62.1% | 66.4% | 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 66.4% 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 66.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.7% in 1972.
- How does Paraguay rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Paraguay ranks 70th out of 103 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 21.9%. 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, rural, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release