Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Paraguay
Paraguay: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.7823 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Paraguay, 1972–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Paraguay recorded 0.7823 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2024. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 14.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Paraguay peaked at 0.7823 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.2198 LPIA, in 1972.
Paraguay ranks 70th of 100 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 | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 0.2198 LPIA | — |
| 1998 | 0.5 LPIA | +127.5% |
| 1999 | 0.4875 LPIA | -2.5% |
| 2001 | 0.5392 LPIA | +10.6% |
| 2002 | 0.55 LPIA | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 0.5676 LPIA | +3.2% |
| 2004 | 0.5894 LPIA | +3.8% |
| 2005 | 0.601 LPIA | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 0.6106 LPIA | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 0.6466 LPIA | +5.9% |
| 2008 | 0.6284 LPIA | -2.8% |
| 2009 | 0.6248 LPIA | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 0.6443 LPIA | +3.1% |
| 2011 | 0.6638 LPIA | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 0.6377 LPIA | -3.9% |
| 2013 | 0.7035 LPIA | +10.3% |
| 2014 | 0.6859 LPIA | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 0.7037 LPIA | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 0.7011 LPIA | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.7126 LPIA | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 0.7158 LPIA | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.741 LPIA | +3.5% |
| 2020 | 0.7595 LPIA | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 0.7649 LPIA | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 0.759 LPIA | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 0.7762 LPIA | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 0.7823 LPIA | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.2198 LPIA | 0.2198 LPIA | 0.2198 LPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.4938 LPIA | 0.4875 LPIA | 0.5 LPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.5953 LPIA | 0.5392 LPIA | 0.6466 LPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.6909 LPIA | 0.6377 LPIA | 0.741 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7684 LPIA | 0.759 LPIA | 0.7823 LPIA | 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 0.7823 LPIA 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 0.7823 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2198 LPIA in 1972.
- How does Paraguay rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Paraguay ranks 70th out of 100 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 14.1%. 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, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release