Educational attainment rate, completed … female primary location LPIA in Guatemala
Guatemala: Educational attainment rate, completed … female primary location LPIA was 0.6034 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 0.6034 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2024. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 20.2% on the previous year and up 21.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Guatemala peaked at 0.6034 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.2111 LPIA, in 2002.
That places Guatemala 87th out of 100 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed … female primary location LPIA in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 0.2111 LPIA | — |
| 2004 | 0.2649 LPIA | +25.5% |
| 2006 | 0.257 LPIA | -3.0% |
| 2010 | 0.3121 LPIA | +21.5% |
| 2011 | 0.3443 LPIA | +10.3% |
| 2012 | 0.4229 LPIA | +22.8% |
| 2013 | 0.4955 LPIA | +17.2% |
| 2015 | 0.39 LPIA | -21.3% |
| 2016 | 0.4476 LPIA | +14.8% |
| 2017 | 0.4133 LPIA | -7.7% |
| 2018 | 0.4259 LPIA | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 0.4697 LPIA | +10.3% |
| 2021 | 0.547 LPIA | +16.5% |
| 2022 | 0.524 LPIA | -4.2% |
| 2023 | 0.5019 LPIA | -4.2% |
| 2024 | 0.6034 LPIA | +20.2% |
Guatemala compared with similar countries
- Guatemala's 0.6034 LPIA is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9084 LPIA, 66% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Guatemala's 0.6034 LPIA is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.7729 LPIA, 78% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.2443 LPIA | 0.2111 LPIA | 0.2649 LPIA | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.4135 LPIA | 0.3121 LPIA | 0.4955 LPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.5441 LPIA | 0.5019 LPIA | 0.6034 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 0.6034 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 0.6034 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2111 LPIA in 2002.
- How does Guatemala rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Guatemala ranks 87th 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 21.8%. 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, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release