Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Paraguay
Paraguay: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 57.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Paraguay, 1972–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Paraguay stood at 57.2%. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and up 13.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Paraguay peaked at 57.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 19.2%, in 1972.
Paraguay ranks 66th of 108 countries on this measure, 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 secondary education or in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 19.2% | — |
| 1998 | 30.2% | +57.3% |
| 1999 | 28.6% | -5.3% |
| 2001 | 33.3% | +16.5% |
| 2002 | 29.9% | -10.2% |
| 2003 | 34.7% | +16.1% |
| 2004 | 33.7% | -2.9% |
| 2005 | 44.4% | +31.8% |
| 2006 | 40.5% | -8.8% |
| 2007 | 38.4% | -5.1% |
| 2008 | 41.4% | +7.8% |
| 2009 | 45.7% | +10.3% |
| 2010 | 42.6% | -6.7% |
| 2011 | 46.4% | +8.9% |
| 2012 | 46.1% | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 49.8% | +8.0% |
| 2014 | 50.3% | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 51.9% | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 48.6% | -6.4% |
| 2017 | 49.2% | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 51.2% | +4.0% |
| 2019 | 54.9% | +7.3% |
| 2020 | 53.4% | -2.7% |
| 2021 | 53.0% | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 54.2% | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 56.4% | +4.1% |
| 2024 | 57.2% | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 19.2% | 19.2% | 19.2% | 1 |
| 1990s | 29.4% | 28.6% | 30.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 38.0% | 29.9% | 45.7% | 9 |
| 2010s | 49.1% | 42.6% | 54.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 54.8% | 53.0% | 57.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
More education data for Paraguay
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 34,694 (2012)
- 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 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.9% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 28.4% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 89.44 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 89.4% (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 57.2% 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 57.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.2% in 1972.
- How does Paraguay rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Paraguay ranks 66th 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 13.6%. 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release