Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper urban gender in Paraguay
Paraguay: Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper urban gender was 0.9883 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Paraguay, 1972–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Paraguay stood at 0.9883 GPIA.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Paraguay peaked at 1 GPIA in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.5486 GPIA, in 1972.
Paraguay ranks 41st of 107 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper urban gender in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 0.5486 GPIA | — |
| 1998 | 0.8869 GPIA | +61.7% |
| 1999 | 0.898 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 0.8739 GPIA | -2.7% |
| 2002 | 0.9532 GPIA | +9.1% |
| 2003 | 0.8963 GPIA | -6.0% |
| 2004 | 0.9199 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 0.8891 GPIA | -3.3% |
| 2006 | 0.8942 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.8956 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.9458 GPIA | +5.6% |
| 2009 | 0.8795 GPIA | -7.0% |
| 2010 | 0.9249 GPIA | +5.2% |
| 2011 | 0.9526 GPIA | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 0.9547 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 0.9753 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 0.9544 GPIA | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 0.9595 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.9996 GPIA | +4.2% |
| 2017 | 0.9919 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 0.9577 GPIA | -3.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9439 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 0.9785 GPIA | +3.7% |
| 2021 | 1 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 0.9963 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 0.984 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 0.9883 GPIA | +0.4% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 0.9883 GPIA is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9833 GPIA, 1.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 0.9883 GPIA is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.01 GPIA, 98% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper urban gender 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 | +61.7% | 0.5486 GPIA | 0.8869 GPIA |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.5486 GPIA | 0.5486 GPIA | 0.5486 GPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.8924 GPIA | 0.8869 GPIA | 0.898 GPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.9053 GPIA | 0.8739 GPIA | 0.9532 GPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.9615 GPIA | 0.9249 GPIA | 0.9996 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9898 GPIA | 0.9785 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 5 |
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 upper secondary education or in Paraguay?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Paraguay was 0.9883 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 1 GPIA in 2021.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5486 GPIA in 1972.
- How does Paraguay rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Paraguay ranks 41st out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. 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 upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, urban, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release