Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Paraguay
Paraguay: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 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.
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 |
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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 0.9513 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