Educational attainment rate, completed … male upper location LPIA in Paraguay
Paraguay: Educational attainment rate, completed … male upper location LPIA was 0.4773 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.4773 LPIA
World rank
75th
of 105 countries
All-time high
0.4773 LPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.0654 LPIA
in 1972
Years of data
22
1972–2024
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Paraguay, 1972–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Paraguay recorded 0.4773 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2024. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of up 48.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Paraguay peaked at 0.4773 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.0654 LPIA, in 1972.
Paraguay ranks 75th of 105 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed … male upper location LPIA in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 0.0654 LPIA | — |
| 1998 | 0.148 LPIA | +126.5% |
| 1999 | 0.1732 LPIA | +17.0% |
| 2001 | 0.158 LPIA | -8.8% |
| 2003 | 0.2105 LPIA | +33.2% |
| 2005 | 0.2515 LPIA | +19.5% |
| 2006 | 0.2945 LPIA | +17.1% |
| 2007 | 0.2729 LPIA | -7.4% |
| 2008 | 0.248 LPIA | -9.1% |
| 2009 | 0.1597 LPIA | -35.6% |
| 2010 | 0.2582 LPIA | +61.7% |
| 2011 | 0.299 LPIA | +15.8% |
| 2012 | 0.2419 LPIA | -19.1% |
| 2013 | 0.3062 LPIA | +26.6% |
| 2014 | 0.3215 LPIA | +5.0% |
| 2015 | 0.3787 LPIA | +17.8% |
| 2016 | 0.3434 LPIA | -9.3% |
| 2017 | 0.4063 LPIA | +18.3% |
| 2018 | 0.3947 LPIA | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 0.4052 LPIA | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 0.4535 LPIA | +11.9% |
| 2024 | 0.4773 LPIA | +5.3% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 0.4773 LPIA is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.5883 LPIA, 81% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 0.4773 LPIA is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.4467 LPIA, 1.1× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0654 LPIA | 0.0654 LPIA | 0.0654 LPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.1606 LPIA | 0.148 LPIA | 0.1732 LPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.2279 LPIA | 0.158 LPIA | 0.2945 LPIA | 7 |
| 2010s | 0.3355 LPIA | 0.2419 LPIA | 0.4063 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4654 LPIA | 0.4535 LPIA | 0.4773 LPIA | 2 |
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 0.4773 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 0.4773 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0654 LPIA in 1972.
- How does Paraguay rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Paraguay ranks 75th 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, male, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release