Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Paraguay
Paraguay: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 80.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Paraguay, 1972–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Paraguay recorded 80.2% for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2024. That is the highest value across all 29 years on record.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Paraguay peaked at 80.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 22.7%, in 1972.
Paraguay ranks 97th of 136 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 22.7% | — |
| 1982 | 34.8% | +53.7% |
| 1992 | 48.0% | +37.9% |
| 1998 | 54.3% | +13.0% |
| 1999 | 57.1% | +5.0% |
| 2001 | 56.5% | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 58.2% | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 65.7% | +12.9% |
| 2004 | 61.3% | -6.7% |
| 2005 | 65.0% | +6.0% |
| 2006 | 64.1% | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 66.6% | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 67.0% | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 61.8% | -7.8% |
| 2010 | 69.3% | +12.1% |
| 2011 | 71.2% | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 71.0% | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 74.2% | +4.4% |
| 2014 | 73.4% | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 76.0% | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 74.5% | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 75.3% | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 75.6% | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 76.3% | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 77.5% | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 78.4% | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 78.4% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 79.7% | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 80.2% | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 22.7% | 22.7% | 22.7% | 1 |
| 1980s | 34.8% | 34.8% | 34.8% | 1 |
| 1990s | 53.1% | 48.0% | 57.1% | 3 |
| 2000s | 62.9% | 56.5% | 67.0% | 9 |
| 2010s | 73.7% | 69.3% | 76.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 78.8% | 77.5% | 80.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
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 80.2% 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 80.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.7% in 1972.
- How does Paraguay rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Paraguay ranks 97th out of 136 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 9.3%. 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, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release