Educational attainment rate, completed … male upper location LPIA in Guatemala
Guatemala: Educational attainment rate, completed … male upper location LPIA was 0.3383 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Guatemala, 2002–2024
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 0.3383 LPIA, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 19.8% on the previous year and up 20.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Guatemala peaked at 0.347 LPIA in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.1083 LPIA, in 2002.
That places Guatemala 91st out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed … male upper location LPIA in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 0.1083 LPIA | — |
| 2006 | 0.1157 LPIA | +6.9% |
| 2010 | 0.1584 LPIA | +36.8% |
| 2012 | 0.3234 LPIA | +104.2% |
| 2013 | 0.2987 LPIA | -7.6% |
| 2014 | 0.2802 LPIA | -6.2% |
| 2015 | 0.2366 LPIA | -15.5% |
| 2016 | 0.2618 LPIA | +10.6% |
| 2017 | 0.2252 LPIA | -14.0% |
| 2019 | 0.347 LPIA | +54.1% |
| 2021 | 0.323 LPIA | -6.9% |
| 2022 | 0.3025 LPIA | -6.3% |
| 2023 | 0.2823 LPIA | -6.7% |
| 2024 | 0.3383 LPIA | +19.8% |
Guatemala compared with similar countries
- Guatemala's 0.3383 LPIA is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.5883 LPIA, 58% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Guatemala's 0.3383 LPIA is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.4467 LPIA, 76% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed … male upper location LPIA in Guatemala 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +104.2% | 0.1584 LPIA | 0.3234 LPIA |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.112 LPIA | 0.1083 LPIA | 0.1157 LPIA | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.2664 LPIA | 0.1584 LPIA | 0.347 LPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.3115 LPIA | 0.2823 LPIA | 0.3383 LPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Guatemala
More education data for Guatemala
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 91.64 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 91.57 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 122,548 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 247,917 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 335,306 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 328,468 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.13 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 2.42 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.3948 % change on previous year (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 0.3383 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 0.347 LPIA in 2019.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1083 LPIA in 2002.
- How does Guatemala rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Guatemala ranks 91st 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 20.8%. 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, male, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release