Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Paraguay
Paraguay: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 1.01 GPIA in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Paraguay, 1972β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Paraguay recorded 1.01 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2024.
The figure is down 4.6% on the previous year and up 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Paraguay peaked at 1.2 GPIA in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.7216 GPIA, in 1972.
Paraguay ranks 34th 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7216 GPIA | 0.7216 GPIA | 0.7216 GPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.8939 GPIA | 0.8793 GPIA | 0.9084 GPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.9594 GPIA | 0.8125 GPIA | 1.2 GPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.9496 GPIA | 0.8545 GPIA | 1.02 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.04 GPIA | 0.9336 GPIA | 1.11 GPIA | 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)
- School enrollment, primary 89.4% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0059 units per person (2012)
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 1.01 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 1.2 GPIA in 2002.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7216 GPIA in 1972.
- How does Paraguay rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Paraguay ranks 34th 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 4.0%. 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, rural, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release