Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary rural gender in Guatemala
Guatemala: Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary rural gender 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.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary rural gender in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.5345 GPIA | — |
| 2002 | 0.5768 GPIA | +7.9% |
| 2006 | 0.5819 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 0.589 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 0.6201 GPIA | +5.3% |
| 2012 | 0.6353 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 0.6968 GPIA | +9.7% |
| 2014 | 0.6898 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 0.6787 GPIA | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 0.6903 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 0.6711 GPIA | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 0.6807 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 0.6588 GPIA | -3.2% |
| 2021 | 0.7681 GPIA | +16.6% |
| 2022 | 0.7323 GPIA | -4.7% |
| 2023 | 0.8301 GPIA | +13.4% |
| 2024 | 0.8085 GPIA | -2.6% |
Guatemala compared with similar countries
- Guatemala's 0.8085 GPIA is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9926 GPIA, 81% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Guatemala's 0.8085 GPIA is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.9926 GPIA, 81% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
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 |
Countries ranked near Guatemala
More education data for Guatemala
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 91.64 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 91.57 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 122,548 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 247,917 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 335,306 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 328,468 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.13 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 2.42 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.3948 % change on previous year (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