Educational attainment rate … Educational primary location LPIA in Paraguay
Paraguay: Educational attainment rate … Educational primary location LPIA 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 … Educational primary location LPIA 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% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 0.7823 LPIA is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9106 LPIA, 86% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 0.7823 LPIA is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.7805 LPIA, 1.0× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate … Educational primary location LPIA 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 | +127.5% | 0.2198 LPIA | 0.5 LPIA |
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
- 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 0.7823 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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February 2026 Data Release