Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Guatemala
Guatemala: Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9703 index in 2024. ▲ Rising
Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Guatemala, 1972–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
Guatemala recorded 0.9703 index for net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Guatemala peaked at 0.9703 index in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.7529 index, in 1972.
That places Guatemala 140th out of 163 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7611 index | 0.7529 index | 0.777 index | 3 |
| 1990s | 0.7562 index | 0.7562 index | 0.7562 index | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.8487 index | 0.8065 index | 0.8996 index | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.8994 index | 0.8923 index | 0.9114 index | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9467 index | 0.922 index | 0.9703 index | 5 |
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More education data for Guatemala
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 31.0% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 101.5% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 122,362 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.29 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 100.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Guatemala?
- Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Guatemala was 0.9703 index in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9703 index in 2024.
- What is the lowest net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7529 index in 1972.
- How does Guatemala rank for net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index?
- Guatemala ranks 140th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.3%. 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 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equal net enrollment rates in lower secondary school between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and above 1 favor girls.