School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Guatemala
Guatemala: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.9826 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Guatemala, 1996–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Guatemala recorded 0.9826 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in 2024. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Guatemala peaked at 0.9826 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.8614 GPIA, in 1996.
That places Guatemala 150th out of 200 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 0.8614 GPIA | — |
| 1998 | 0.8819 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 0.8614 GPIA | -2.3% |
| 2000 | 0.8898 GPIA | +3.3% |
| 2001 | 0.8986 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 0.9026 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 0.9133 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 0.9196 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 0.9247 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.9324 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 0.9369 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 0.9461 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 0.949 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 0.9484 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.9429 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 0.936 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 0.9361 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.9329 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.9322 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.9337 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.9378 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9425 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.9511 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 0.9617 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 0.9766 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 0.9815 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 0.9826 GPIA | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8682 GPIA | 0.8614 GPIA | 0.8819 GPIA | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.9182 GPIA | 0.8898 GPIA | 0.9461 GPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.9391 GPIA | 0.9322 GPIA | 0.949 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9707 GPIA | 0.9511 GPIA | 0.9826 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guatemala
- 147 Palau 0.9831 GPIA compare
- 148 Zimbabwe 0.983 GPIA compare
- 149 Uzbekistan 0.9827 GPIA compare
- 151 Liechtenstein 0.9826 GPIA compare
- 152 Kazakhstan 0.9811 GPIA compare
- 153 Armenia 0.9808 GPIA compare
More education data for Guatemala
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
- 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 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Guatemala?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Guatemala was 0.9826 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9826 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8614 GPIA in 1996.
- How does Guatemala rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- Guatemala ranks 150th out of 200 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.0%. 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 School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release