School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Guatemala
Guatemala: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9747 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9747 GPIA
Change on year
down 2.3%
World rank
165th
of 208 countries
All-time high
0.9978 GPIA
in 2023
All-time low
0.7981 GPIA
in 1970
Years of data
42
1970–2024
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Guatemala, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Guatemala recorded 0.9747 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in 2024.
The figure is down 2.3% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Guatemala peaked at 0.9978 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.7981 GPIA, in 1970.
That places Guatemala 165th out of 208 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 42 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.7981 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.8161 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 1972 | 0.8205 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1973 | 0.8247 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1974 | 0.8352 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1975 | 0.8374 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 0.8486 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 0.854 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1978 | 0.8339 GPIA | -2.3% |
| 1979 | 0.8385 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1980 | 0.8419 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 0.8455 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 0.8621 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 1983 | 0.8508 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 0.8674 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 1996 | 0.8706 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 0.8831 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 0.8658 GPIA | -2.0% |
| 2000 | 0.8981 GPIA | +3.7% |
| 2001 | 0.9064 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 0.9127 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 0.9244 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 0.9294 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 0.9356 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 0.942 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 0.9477 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 0.9536 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 0.9552 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.954 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.9504 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 0.9451 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 0.9461 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.9419 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 0.9433 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.9455 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.949 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9553 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 0.9632 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 0.9773 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 0.9948 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 0.9978 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 0.9747 GPIA | -2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8307 GPIA | 0.7981 GPIA | 0.854 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.85 GPIA | 0.8419 GPIA | 0.8621 GPIA | 4 |
| 1990s | 0.8717 GPIA | 0.8658 GPIA | 0.8831 GPIA | 4 |
| 2000s | 0.9278 GPIA | 0.8981 GPIA | 0.9536 GPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.9486 GPIA | 0.9419 GPIA | 0.9553 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9816 GPIA | 0.9632 GPIA | 0.9978 GPIA | 5 |
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More education data for Guatemala
- 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 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 31.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Guatemala?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Guatemala was 0.9747 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9978 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7981 GPIA in 1970.
- How does Guatemala rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity?
- Guatemala ranks 165th out of 208 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. 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 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