School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Paraguay
Paraguay: School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index was 1.04 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Paraguay, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Paraguay recorded 1.04 GPIA for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Paraguay peaked at 1.1 GPIA in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.9839 GPIA, in 1977.
That places Paraguay 72nd out of 213 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 1.01 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 1.04 GPIA | +3.0% |
| 1972 | 1.02 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 1973 | 1.02 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 1975 | 1 GPIA | -1.5% |
| 1976 | 0.9992 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1977 | 0.9839 GPIA | -1.5% |
| 1978 | 0.9854 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 0.9846 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 0.9852 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 0.9873 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 1.05 GPIA | +6.5% |
| 1990 | 1.04 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 1991 | 1.06 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1993 | 1.06 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 1.05 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 1995 | 1.07 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 1.06 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 1997 | 1.06 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 1.05 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 1.04 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 1.04 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 1.03 GPIA | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 1.02 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 1.02 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 1.02 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 1.03 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 1.04 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 1.04 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 1.05 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 1.05 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 1.05 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 1.06 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 1.07 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 1.06 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 1.07 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 1.1 GPIA | +3.4% |
| 2022 | 1.07 GPIA | -2.9% |
| 2023 | 1.05 GPIA | -2.2% |
| 2024 | 1.04 GPIA | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.01 GPIA | 0.9839 GPIA | 1.04 GPIA | 8 |
| 1980s | 1 GPIA | 0.9846 GPIA | 1.05 GPIA | 4 |
| 1990s | 1.05 GPIA | 1.04 GPIA | 1.07 GPIA | 9 |
| 2000s | 1.03 GPIA | 1.02 GPIA | 1.05 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.06 GPIA | 1.05 GPIA | 1.07 GPIA | 4 |
| 2020s | 1.07 GPIA | 1.04 GPIA | 1.1 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
- 69 Cook Islands 1.05 GPIA compare
- 70 Comoros 1.05 GPIA compare
- 71 French Guiana 1.05 GPIA compare
- 73 Gibraltar 1.04 GPIA compare
- 74 Kyrgyzstan 1.04 GPIA compare
- 75 Estonia 1.04 GPIA compare
More education data for Paraguay
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 34,694 (2012)
- 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 3 (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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 89.44 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 89.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Paraguay?
- School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Paraguay was 1.04 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 1.1 GPIA in 2021.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9839 GPIA in 1977.
- How does Paraguay rank for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index?
- Paraguay ranks 72nd out of 213 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.1%. 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 School life expectancy, 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