Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary rural gender in Paraguay
Paraguay: Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary rural gender was 0.9513 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Paraguay, 1972–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Paraguay recorded 0.9513 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.0% on the previous year and up 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Paraguay peaked at 0.9773 GPIA in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.7129 GPIA, in 1972.
That places Paraguay 61st out of 100 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 gender in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 0.7129 GPIA | — |
| 1998 | 0.9116 GPIA | +27.9% |
| 1999 | 0.8519 GPIA | -6.5% |
| 2001 | 0.8547 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 0.9268 GPIA | +8.4% |
| 2003 | 0.8725 GPIA | -5.9% |
| 2004 | 0.8584 GPIA | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 0.8535 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 0.8699 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 0.8744 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.8905 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 0.9145 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 0.878 GPIA | -4.0% |
| 2011 | 0.9459 GPIA | +7.7% |
| 2012 | 0.9355 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 0.954 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 0.9143 GPIA | -4.2% |
| 2015 | 0.9237 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 0.9557 GPIA | +3.5% |
| 2017 | 0.9528 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.9601 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 0.9746 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 0.9353 GPIA | -4.0% |
| 2021 | 0.9773 GPIA | +4.5% |
| 2022 | 0.9758 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 0.9707 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 0.9513 GPIA | -2.0% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 0.9513 GPIA is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9926 GPIA, 96% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 0.9513 GPIA is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.9926 GPIA, 96% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary rural gender 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 | +27.9% | 0.7129 GPIA | 0.9116 GPIA |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7129 GPIA | 0.7129 GPIA | 0.7129 GPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.8817 GPIA | 0.8519 GPIA | 0.9116 GPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.8795 GPIA | 0.8535 GPIA | 0.9268 GPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.9395 GPIA | 0.878 GPIA | 0.9746 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9621 GPIA | 0.9353 GPIA | 0.9773 GPIA | 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 0.9513 GPIA 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 0.9773 GPIA in 2021.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7129 GPIA in 1972.
- How does Paraguay rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Paraguay ranks 61st 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 4.0%. 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release