Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Guatemala
Guatemala: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 17.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Guatemala, 1981–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Guatemala recorded 17.9% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 45.8% on the previous year and down 32.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Guatemala peaked at 33.1% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 6.2%, in 1981.
Guatemala ranks 122nd of 142 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 6.2% | 6.2% | 6.2% | 1 |
| 2000s | 11.9% | 10.6% | 13.3% | 4 |
| 2010s | 18.4% | 12.8% | 26.6% | 8 |
| 2020s | 21.5% | 16.8% | 33.1% | 4 |
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More education data for Guatemala
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 122,362 (2024)
- 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 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 31.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 101.5% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0066 units per person (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 17.9% 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 33.1% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.2% in 1981.
- How does Guatemala rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Guatemala ranks 122nd out of 142 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 down 32.6%. 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, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release