Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Paraguay
Paraguay: Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index was 1.01 index in 2024. ▲ Rising
Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Paraguay, 1994–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
The most recent figure for net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Paraguay is 1.01 index, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Paraguay peaked at 1.02 index in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.9397 index, in 1994.
Paraguay ranks 72nd of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.9519 index | 0.9397 index | 0.9694 index | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.9872 index | 0.9739 index | 0.9971 index | 9 |
| 2010s | 1 index | 1 index | 1 index | 3 |
| 2020s | 1.01 index | 1.01 index | 1.02 index | 5 |
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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 net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Paraguay?
- Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Paraguay was 1.01 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 Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 1.02 index in 2021.
- What is the lowest net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9397 index in 1994.
- How does Paraguay rank for net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index?
- Paraguay ranks 72nd out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. 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 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.