Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Paraguay
Paraguay: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 46.2% 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 46.2% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2024. That is the highest value across all 29 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.7% on the previous year and up 26.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Paraguay peaked at 46.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6.6%, in 1972.
Paraguay ranks 87th of 142 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6.6% | 6.6% | 6.6% | 1 |
| 1980s | 10.4% | 10.4% | 10.4% | 1 |
| 1990s | 17.5% | 17.3% | 17.7% | 3 |
| 2000s | 24.8% | 18.6% | 29.6% | 9 |
| 2010s | 36.2% | 29.1% | 42.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 44.0% | 42.4% | 46.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
- 84 Portugal 48.6% compare
- 85 Nigeria 48.1% compare
- 86 South Africa 48.0% compare
- 88 Ecuador 46.2% compare
- 89 State of Palestine 45.9% compare
- 90 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 45.7% compare
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 46.2% 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 46.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.6% in 1972.
- How does Paraguay rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Paraguay ranks 87th out of 142 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 26.3%. 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, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release