Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Guatemala
Guatemala: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.8085 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Guatemala, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Guatemala recorded 0.8085 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.6% on the previous year and up 17.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Guatemala peaked at 0.8301 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.5345 GPIA, in 2000.
Guatemala ranks 79th of 100 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.5644 GPIA | 0.5345 GPIA | 0.5819 GPIA | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.6611 GPIA | 0.589 GPIA | 0.6968 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7848 GPIA | 0.7323 GPIA | 0.8301 GPIA | 4 |
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More education data for Guatemala
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 122,362 (2024)
- 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 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 31.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 101.5% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0066 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Guatemala?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Guatemala was 0.8085 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8301 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5345 GPIA in 2000.
- How does Guatemala rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Guatemala ranks 79th out of 100 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guatemala 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release