Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper gender in Guatemala
Guatemala: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper gender was 0.9203 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Guatemala, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Guatemala recorded 0.9203 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2024. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.2% on the previous year and up 30.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Guatemala peaked at 0.9203 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.7059 GPIA, in 2014.
That places Guatemala 87th out of 137 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper gender in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.8028 GPIA | — |
| 2002 | 0.8462 GPIA | +5.4% |
| 2003 | 0.7292 GPIA | -13.8% |
| 2006 | 0.7642 GPIA | +4.8% |
| 2010 | 0.8198 GPIA | +7.3% |
| 2012 | 0.7781 GPIA | -5.1% |
| 2013 | 0.8685 GPIA | +11.6% |
| 2014 | 0.7059 GPIA | -18.7% |
| 2015 | 0.8001 GPIA | +13.3% |
| 2016 | 0.8991 GPIA | +12.4% |
| 2017 | 0.8591 GPIA | -4.4% |
| 2019 | 0.8626 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 0.8546 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 0.8771 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 0.8504 GPIA | -3.0% |
| 2024 | 0.9203 GPIA | +8.2% |
Guatemala compared with similar countries
- Guatemala's 0.9203 GPIA is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9847 GPIA, 93% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Guatemala's 0.9203 GPIA is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.05 GPIA, 88% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7856 GPIA | 0.7292 GPIA | 0.8462 GPIA | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.8241 GPIA | 0.7059 GPIA | 0.8991 GPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.8756 GPIA | 0.8504 GPIA | 0.9203 GPIA | 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 0.9203 GPIA 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 0.9203 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7059 GPIA in 2014.
- How does Guatemala rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Guatemala ranks 87th out of 137 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 30.4%. 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release