Government expenditure on tertiary education as a percentage of GDP in Paraguay
Paraguay: Government expenditure on tertiary education as a percentage of GDP was 0.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Government expenditure on tertiary education as a percentage of GDP in Paraguay, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Paraguay recorded 0.7% for government expenditure on tertiary education as a percentage of gdp in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.0% on the previous year and down 14.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government expenditure on tertiary education as a percentage of gdp in Paraguay peaked at 1.2% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 1990.
That places Paraguay 99th out of 173 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Government expenditure on tertiary education as a percentage of GDP in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.4% | — |
| 1971 | 0.3% | -22.6% |
| 1985 | 0.3% | -5.1% |
| 1990 | 0.3% | -18.5% |
| 2000 | 0.7% | +172.6% |
| 2001 | 0.7% | -10.4% |
| 2002 | 0.6% | -14.3% |
| 2003 | 0.6% | +3.2% |
| 2004 | 0.5% | -21.1% |
| 2007 | 0.5% | +14.8% |
| 2010 | 0.5% | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 1.2% | +140.7% |
| 2012 | 0.8% | -33.5% |
| 2016 | 0.8% | -2.5% |
| 2020 | 0.8% | -4.5% |
| 2021 | 0.7% | -13.7% |
| 2022 | 0.7% | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 0.7% | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 0.7% | +5.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 2 |
| 1980s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.8% | 0.5% | 1.2% | 4 |
| 2020s | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
More education data for Paraguay
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 34,286 (2012)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 12,773 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 109,864 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 106,763 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 570,654 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 710,209 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.4674 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1025 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government expenditure on tertiary education as a percentage of gdp in Paraguay?
- Government expenditure on tertiary education as a percentage of gdp in Paraguay was 0.7% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest government expenditure on tertiary education as a percentage of gdp recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 1.2% in 2011.
- What is the lowest government expenditure on tertiary education as a percentage of gdp recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 1990.
- How does Paraguay rank for government expenditure on tertiary education as a percentage of gdp?
- Paraguay ranks 99th out of 173 countries with data for 2024.
- Is government expenditure on tertiary education as a percentage of gdp rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.8%. 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 Government expenditure on tertiary education as a percentage of GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 19 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release