Gender ratios for mean years of schooling in Guatemala
Guatemala: Gender ratios for mean years of schooling was 0.8594 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Gender ratios for mean years of schooling in Guatemala, 1973–2024
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Guatemala recorded 0.8594 for gender ratios for mean years of schooling in 2024. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.0% on the previous year and up 14.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gender ratios for mean years of schooling in Guatemala peaked at 0.8594 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.7245, in 1973.
That places Guatemala 98th out of 121 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Gender ratios for mean years of schooling in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 0.7245 | — |
| 2002 | 0.7858 | +8.5% |
| 2006 | 0.7559 | -3.8% |
| 2012 | 0.782 | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 0.8205 | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 0.7495 | -8.7% |
| 2015 | 0.798 | +6.5% |
| 2019 | 0.8393 | +5.2% |
| 2022 | 0.8265 | -1.5% |
| 2024 | 0.8594 | +4.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7245 | 0.7245 | 0.7245 | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.7709 | 0.7559 | 0.7858 | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.7979 | 0.7495 | 0.8393 | 5 |
| 2020s | 0.8429 | 0.8265 | 0.8594 | 2 |
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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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 101.49 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 101.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gender ratios for mean years of schooling in Guatemala?
- Gender ratios for mean years of schooling in Guatemala was 0.8594 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest gender ratios for mean years of schooling recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8594 in 2024.
- What is the lowest gender ratios for mean years of schooling recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7245 in 1973.
- How does Guatemala rank for gender ratios for mean years of schooling?
- Guatemala ranks 98th out of 121 countries with data for 2024.
- Is gender ratios for mean years of schooling rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guatemala data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Gender ratios for mean years of schooling. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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