Educational attainment rate, completed … female primary location LPIA in Paraguay
Paraguay: Educational attainment rate, completed … female primary location LPIA was 0.7729 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Paraguay, 1972–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Paraguay stood at 0.7729 LPIA. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 16.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Paraguay peaked at 0.7729 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.2038 LPIA, in 1972.
Paraguay ranks 70th of 100 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed … female primary location LPIA in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 0.2038 LPIA | — |
| 1998 | 0.5053 LPIA | +147.9% |
| 1999 | 0.4696 LPIA | -7.1% |
| 2001 | 0.5184 LPIA | +10.4% |
| 2002 | 0.5453 LPIA | +5.2% |
| 2003 | 0.5443 LPIA | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 0.5596 LPIA | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 0.5724 LPIA | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 0.59 LPIA | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 0.6234 LPIA | +5.7% |
| 2008 | 0.6112 LPIA | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 0.6058 LPIA | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 0.6343 LPIA | +4.7% |
| 2011 | 0.6857 LPIA | +8.1% |
| 2012 | 0.6285 LPIA | -8.3% |
| 2013 | 0.6964 LPIA | +10.8% |
| 2014 | 0.6642 LPIA | -4.6% |
| 2015 | 0.6874 LPIA | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 0.6958 LPIA | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 0.7332 LPIA | +5.4% |
| 2018 | 0.7143 LPIA | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 0.7463 LPIA | +4.5% |
| 2020 | 0.7453 LPIA | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 0.7729 LPIA | +3.7% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 0.7729 LPIA is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9084 LPIA, 85% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 0.7729 LPIA is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.7729 LPIA, 1.0× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed … female primary location LPIA 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 | +147.9% | 0.2038 LPIA | 0.5053 LPIA |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.2038 LPIA | 0.2038 LPIA | 0.2038 LPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.4874 LPIA | 0.4696 LPIA | 0.5053 LPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.5745 LPIA | 0.5184 LPIA | 0.6234 LPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.6886 LPIA | 0.6285 LPIA | 0.7463 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7591 LPIA | 0.7453 LPIA | 0.7729 LPIA | 2 |
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 0.7729 LPIA 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 0.7729 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2038 LPIA in 1972.
- How does Paraguay rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Paraguay ranks 70th 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 16.4%. 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, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release