Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Guatemala
Guatemala: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.3826 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
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Guatemala stood at 0.3826 LPIA. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 52.4% on the previous year and up 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Guatemala peaked at 0.3826 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.0876 LPIA, in 2002.
Guatemala ranks 81st of 103 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 0.0876 LPIA | — |
| 2006 | 0.1208 LPIA | +37.9% |
| 2010 | 0.1432 LPIA | +18.6% |
| 2012 | 0.2429 LPIA | +69.5% |
| 2013 | 0.3716 LPIA | +53.0% |
| 2014 | 0.3605 LPIA | -3.0% |
| 2015 | 0.2149 LPIA | -40.4% |
| 2016 | 0.2661 LPIA | +23.8% |
| 2017 | 0.2315 LPIA | -13.0% |
| 2019 | 0.2638 LPIA | +13.9% |
| 2021 | 0.3211 LPIA | +21.7% |
| 2022 | 0.2777 LPIA | -13.5% |
| 2023 | 0.251 LPIA | -9.6% |
| 2024 | 0.3826 LPIA | +52.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.1042 LPIA | 0.0876 LPIA | 0.1208 LPIA | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.2618 LPIA | 0.1432 LPIA | 0.3716 LPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.3081 LPIA | 0.251 LPIA | 0.3826 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 0.3826 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 0.3826 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0876 LPIA in 2002.
- How does Guatemala rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Guatemala ranks 81st out of 103 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 6.1%. 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, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release