Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Guatemala
Guatemala: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.3624 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Guatemala, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Guatemala is 0.3624 LPIA, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 40.1% on the previous year and up 14.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Guatemala peaked at 0.605 LPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0973 LPIA, in 2000.
That places Guatemala 88th out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.0973 LPIA | — |
| 2002 | 0.0992 LPIA | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 0.119 LPIA | +19.9% |
| 2010 | 0.152 LPIA | +27.7% |
| 2012 | 0.2845 LPIA | +87.2% |
| 2013 | 0.3347 LPIA | +17.6% |
| 2014 | 0.3159 LPIA | -5.6% |
| 2015 | 0.2266 LPIA | -28.3% |
| 2016 | 0.2648 LPIA | +16.9% |
| 2017 | 0.2292 LPIA | -13.4% |
| 2019 | 0.3061 LPIA | +33.6% |
| 2021 | 0.3228 LPIA | +5.5% |
| 2022 | 0.2897 LPIA | -10.3% |
| 2023 | 0.605 LPIA | +108.8% |
| 2024 | 0.3624 LPIA | -40.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.1052 LPIA | 0.0973 LPIA | 0.119 LPIA | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.2642 LPIA | 0.152 LPIA | 0.3347 LPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.395 LPIA | 0.2897 LPIA | 0.605 LPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Guatemala
More education data for Guatemala
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 122,362 (2024)
- 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 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 31.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 101.49 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 101.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Guatemala?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Guatemala was 0.3624 LPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 0.605 LPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0973 LPIA in 2000.
- How does Guatemala rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Guatemala ranks 88th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.7%. 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 upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release