Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Paraguay
Paraguay: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 69.8% 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 69.8% for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2024. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.2% on the previous year and up 17.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Paraguay peaked at 69.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 10.7%, in 1972.
That places Paraguay 76th out of 100 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 10.7% | — |
| 1998 | 36.4% | +238.8% |
| 1999 | 38.6% | +6.1% |
| 2001 | 40.6% | +5.1% |
| 2002 | 41.0% | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 44.7% | +9.0% |
| 2004 | 46.6% | +4.3% |
| 2005 | 49.8% | +6.9% |
| 2006 | 49.4% | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 53.1% | +7.4% |
| 2008 | 51.9% | -2.2% |
| 2009 | 51.0% | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 54.9% | +7.7% |
| 2011 | 55.5% | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 54.2% | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 60.1% | +10.9% |
| 2014 | 59.6% | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 62.6% | +5.0% |
| 2016 | 60.0% | -4.1% |
| 2017 | 61.4% | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 61.5% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 63.1% | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 66.5% | +5.3% |
| 2021 | 66.1% | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 66.0% | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 68.3% | +3.5% |
| 2024 | 69.8% | +2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 10.7% | 10.7% | 10.7% | 1 |
| 1990s | 37.5% | 36.4% | 38.6% | 2 |
| 2000s | 47.6% | 40.6% | 53.1% | 9 |
| 2010s | 59.3% | 54.2% | 63.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 67.3% | 66.0% | 69.8% | 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 69.8% 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 69.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.7% in 1972.
- How does Paraguay rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Paraguay ranks 76th 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 17.2%. 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release