Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper urban both in Paraguay
Paraguay: Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper urban both was 56.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Paraguay, 1972–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Paraguay recorded 56.8% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2024. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and up 15.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Paraguay peaked at 56.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 14.4%, in 1972.
That places Paraguay 65th out of 108 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper urban both in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 14.4% | — |
| 1998 | 28.4% | +97.5% |
| 1999 | 27.0% | -4.8% |
| 2001 | 31.0% | +14.7% |
| 2002 | 29.2% | -5.8% |
| 2003 | 32.8% | +12.3% |
| 2004 | 32.3% | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 41.8% | +29.4% |
| 2006 | 38.2% | -8.6% |
| 2007 | 36.3% | -5.0% |
| 2008 | 40.2% | +10.8% |
| 2009 | 42.9% | +6.6% |
| 2010 | 40.9% | -4.7% |
| 2011 | 45.2% | +10.5% |
| 2012 | 45.0% | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 49.1% | +9.2% |
| 2014 | 49.1% | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 50.8% | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 48.6% | -4.4% |
| 2017 | 49.0% | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 50.0% | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 53.3% | +6.5% |
| 2020 | 52.8% | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 53.1% | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 54.1% | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 55.9% | +3.3% |
| 2024 | 56.8% | +1.6% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 56.8% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 58.6%, 97% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 56.8% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 56.7%, 1.0× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper urban both 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +97.5% | 14.4% | 28.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 14.4% | 14.4% | 14.4% | 1 |
| 1990s | 27.7% | 27.0% | 28.4% | 2 |
| 2000s | 36.1% | 29.2% | 42.9% | 9 |
| 2010s | 48.1% | 40.9% | 53.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 54.5% | 52.8% | 56.8% | 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 56.8% 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 56.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.4% in 1972.
- How does Paraguay rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Paraguay ranks 65th out of 108 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 15.7%. 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, urban, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 27 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release