Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Paraguay
Paraguay: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 56.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Paraguay, 1972–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Paraguay is 56.5%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.8% on the previous year and up 17.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Paraguay peaked at 56.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 10.5%, in 1972.
That places Paraguay 62nd 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 secondary education or in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 10.5% | — |
| 1998 | 26.8% | +154.4% |
| 1999 | 25.7% | -4.1% |
| 2001 | 29.1% | +13.4% |
| 2002 | 28.5% | -2.1% |
| 2003 | 31.1% | +9.1% |
| 2004 | 31.0% | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 39.5% | +27.4% |
| 2006 | 36.2% | -8.3% |
| 2007 | 34.4% | -5.0% |
| 2008 | 39.2% | +13.8% |
| 2009 | 40.2% | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 39.4% | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 44.2% | +12.2% |
| 2012 | 44.0% | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 48.6% | +10.3% |
| 2014 | 48.0% | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 49.8% | +3.8% |
| 2016 | 48.6% | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 48.8% | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 49.0% | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 51.8% | +5.8% |
| 2020 | 52.3% | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 53.1% | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 54.0% | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 55.5% | +2.8% |
| 2024 | 56.5% | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 10.5% | 10.5% | 10.5% | 1 |
| 1990s | 26.2% | 25.7% | 26.8% | 2 |
| 2000s | 34.4% | 28.5% | 40.2% | 9 |
| 2010s | 47.2% | 39.4% | 51.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 54.3% | 52.3% | 56.5% | 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 56.5% 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 56.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.5% in 1972.
- How does Paraguay rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Paraguay ranks 62nd 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 17.6%. 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, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release