Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper gender in Paraguay
Paraguay: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper gender was 1.01 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Paraguay, 1972–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Paraguay is 1.01 GPIA, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.2% on the previous year and down 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Paraguay peaked at 1.05 GPIA in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.6309 GPIA, in 1972.
Paraguay ranks 40th of 137 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper gender in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 0.6309 GPIA | — |
| 1982 | 0.8501 GPIA | +34.7% |
| 1992 | 0.9069 GPIA | +6.7% |
| 1998 | 0.9353 GPIA | +3.1% |
| 1999 | 0.9387 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 0.9563 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 1.05 GPIA | +10.0% |
| 2003 | 0.9898 GPIA | -6.0% |
| 2004 | 0.977 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 0.9472 GPIA | -3.1% |
| 2006 | 0.9224 GPIA | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 0.9343 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 0.9869 GPIA | +5.6% |
| 2009 | 0.8641 GPIA | -12.4% |
| 2010 | 0.9628 GPIA | +11.4% |
| 2011 | 0.991 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 1.01 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 1.01 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.9895 GPIA | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 1.02 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 1.01 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.9963 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9802 GPIA | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 0.991 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 1.05 GPIA | +5.8% |
| 2022 | 1.03 GPIA | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 1.02 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 1.01 GPIA | -1.2% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 1.01 GPIA is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9847 GPIA, 1.0× the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 1.01 GPIA is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.05 GPIA, 96% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper gender in Paraguay 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | +34.7% | 0.6309 GPIA | 0.8501 GPIA |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6309 GPIA | 0.6309 GPIA | 0.6309 GPIA | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.8501 GPIA | 0.8501 GPIA | 0.8501 GPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.9269 GPIA | 0.9069 GPIA | 0.9387 GPIA | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.9589 GPIA | 0.8641 GPIA | 1.05 GPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.9972 GPIA | 0.9628 GPIA | 1.02 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.02 GPIA | 0.991 GPIA | 1.05 GPIA | 5 |
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 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 1.05 GPIA in 2002.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6309 GPIA in 1972.
- How does Paraguay rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Paraguay ranks 40th out of 137 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 down 0.0%. 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release