Education · Guatemala
Yearly data from 2000 to 2024, from the World Bank.
Guatemala's educational attainment, at least completed primary, population 25+ years, female (%) (cumulative) was 50.42% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 11.62 percentage points from 38.8% in 2014.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 50.42% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 46.05% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 38.8% | 2014 |
| Highest | 58.5% | 2023 |
| Lowest | 26.12% | 2006 |
| Average since 2015 | 46.67% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 26.7% | 2000 |
Over five years it is up 4.36 percentage points from 46.05% in 2019. Since 2000 it is up 23.72 percentage points from 26.7% in 2000. The World Bank has no value for 6 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
In 2024, Guatemala's educational attainment, at least completed primary, population 25+ years, female (%) (cumulative) fell 8.08 percentage points on 2023 (from 58.5% to 50.42%).
Across the 13 yearly changes before that (2003 to 2023), the average change was +1.87 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.24 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 10.86 percentage points in 2023 and the biggest yearly fall was 8.08 percentage points in 2024. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is upward, about 1.5 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 73% of the movement over 9 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
In 2024, Guatemala had the 36th highest value of the 36 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
The percentage of population ages 25 and over that attained or completed primary education.
Limitations: Caution is required when using this indicator for cross-country comparison, since the countries do not always classify degrees and qualifications at the same International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) levels, even if they are received at roughly the same age or after a similar number of years of schooling. Also, certain educational programmes and study courses cannot be easily classified according to ISCED. This indicator only measures educational attainment in terms of level of education attained, i.e. years of schooling, and does not necessarily reveal the quality of the education (learning achievement and other impacts).
| Year | Educational attainment, at least completed primary, population 25+ years, female (%) (cumulative) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 50.42 |
| 2023 | 58.5 |
| 2022 | 47.64 |
| 2021 | 48.58 |
| 2020 | no data |
| 2019 | 46.05 |
| 2018 | 43.29 |
| 2017 | 42.92 |
| 2016 | 43.86 |
| 2015 | 38.76 |
| 2014 | 38.8 |
| 2013 | 39.65 |
| 2012 | 37.48 |
| 2011 | 36.81 |
| 2010 | 34.98 |
| 2009 | no data |
| 2008 | no data |
| 2007 | no data |
| 2006 | 26.12 |
| 2005 | no data |
| 2004 | 30.94 |
| 2003 | 30.46 |
| 2002 | 27.66 |
| 2001 | no data |
| 2000 | 26.7 |
Every indicator for Guatemala is on the Guatemala data page.
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.CUAT.FE.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API. Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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