Educational attainment rate, completed … male primary location LPIA in Guatemala
Guatemala: Educational attainment rate, completed … male primary location LPIA was 0.632 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Guatemala, 2002–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Guatemala recorded 0.632 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2024. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.9% on the previous year and up 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Guatemala peaked at 0.632 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.2967 LPIA, in 2002.
Guatemala ranks 90th of 99 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed … male primary location LPIA in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 0.2967 LPIA | — |
| 2006 | 0.3533 LPIA | +19.1% |
| 2010 | 0.4166 LPIA | +17.9% |
| 2011 | 0.4544 LPIA | +9.1% |
| 2012 | 0.5296 LPIA | +16.6% |
| 2013 | 0.5938 LPIA | +12.1% |
| 2015 | 0.4768 LPIA | -19.7% |
| 2017 | 0.5156 LPIA | +8.1% |
| 2018 | 0.5298 LPIA | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 0.6192 LPIA | +16.9% |
| 2021 | 0.6165 LPIA | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 0.6146 LPIA | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 0.5969 LPIA | -2.9% |
| 2024 | 0.632 LPIA | +5.9% |
Guatemala compared with similar countries
- Guatemala's 0.632 LPIA is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9262 LPIA, 68% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Guatemala's 0.632 LPIA is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.7905 LPIA, 80% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.325 LPIA | 0.2967 LPIA | 0.3533 LPIA | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.517 LPIA | 0.4166 LPIA | 0.6192 LPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.615 LPIA | 0.5969 LPIA | 0.632 LPIA | 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 0.632 LPIA 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 0.632 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2967 LPIA in 2002.
- How does Guatemala rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Guatemala ranks 90th out of 99 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 6.4%. 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, male, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release