Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Paraguay
Paraguay: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.4826 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Paraguay, 1972–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Paraguay stood at 0.4826 LPIA. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 48.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Paraguay peaked at 0.4826 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.0751 LPIA, in 1972.
That places Paraguay 72nd out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 secondary education or in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 0.0751 LPIA | — |
| 1998 | 0.1481 LPIA | +97.2% |
| 1999 | 0.1748 LPIA | +18.0% |
| 2001 | 0.171 LPIA | -2.2% |
| 2002 | 0.1507 LPIA | -11.9% |
| 2003 | 0.2195 LPIA | +45.7% |
| 2004 | 0.1858 LPIA | -15.4% |
| 2005 | 0.2592 LPIA | +39.5% |
| 2006 | 0.2837 LPIA | +9.4% |
| 2007 | 0.2873 LPIA | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 0.2514 LPIA | -12.5% |
| 2009 | 0.1597 LPIA | -36.5% |
| 2010 | 0.2494 LPIA | +56.2% |
| 2011 | 0.2898 LPIA | +16.2% |
| 2012 | 0.2484 LPIA | -14.3% |
| 2013 | 0.2967 LPIA | +19.5% |
| 2014 | 0.325 LPIA | +9.5% |
| 2015 | 0.3745 LPIA | +15.2% |
| 2016 | 0.3331 LPIA | -11.1% |
| 2017 | 0.3918 LPIA | +17.6% |
| 2018 | 0.4078 LPIA | +4.1% |
| 2019 | 0.4182 LPIA | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 0.4438 LPIA | +6.1% |
| 2021 | 0.4331 LPIA | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 0.451 LPIA | +4.1% |
| 2023 | 0.4776 LPIA | +5.9% |
| 2024 | 0.4826 LPIA | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0751 LPIA | 0.0751 LPIA | 0.0751 LPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.1615 LPIA | 0.1481 LPIA | 0.1748 LPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.2187 LPIA | 0.1507 LPIA | 0.2873 LPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.3335 LPIA | 0.2484 LPIA | 0.4182 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4576 LPIA | 0.4331 LPIA | 0.4826 LPIA | 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 upper secondary education or in Paraguay?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Paraguay was 0.4826 LPIA 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 0.4826 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0751 LPIA in 1972.
- How does Paraguay rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Paraguay ranks 72nd out of 105 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 48.5%. 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, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release