Literacy rates among adults in Paraguay
Paraguay: Literacy rates among adults was 94.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Literacy rates among adults in Paraguay, 1982–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Paraguay recorded 94.9% for literacy rates among adults in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rates among adults in Paraguay peaked at 95.5% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 78.5%, in 1982.
That places Paraguay 36th out of 89 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 78.5% | 78.5% | 78.5% | 1 |
| 1990s | 90.3% | 90.3% | 90.3% | 1 |
| 2000s | 93.9% | 93.3% | 94.6% | 3 |
| 2010s | 94.4% | 93.2% | 95.5% | 8 |
| 2020s | 94.7% | 94.5% | 94.9% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
More education data for Paraguay
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (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)
- School enrollment, primary 89.4% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 34,694 (2012)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.42 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 88.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rates among adults in Paraguay?
- Literacy rates among adults in Paraguay was 94.9% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest literacy rates among adults recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 95.5% in 2015.
- What is the lowest literacy rates among adults recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 78.5% in 1982.
- How does Paraguay rank for literacy rates among adults?
- Paraguay ranks 36th out of 89 countries with data for 2024.
- Is literacy rates among adults rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. 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 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Literacy rates among adults. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Share of the population aged 15 years and older who can read and write.