Paraguay: Expenditure on primary education (% of government expenditure on education)

Key figures

Over five years it is up 6.19 percentage points from 30.24% in 2011. Since 1970 it is down 25.48 percentage points from 61.92% in 1970. The World Bank has no value for 33 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

How it compares

In 2016, Paraguay had the 5th highest value of the 37 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.

Closest to Paraguay in the 2016 ranking

• Malawi — 2nd of 37: 43.92%
• Israel — 3rd of 37: 38.91%
• Ireland — 4th of 37: 37.32%
• Maldives — 6th of 37: 36.4%
• Australia — 7th of 37: 32.99%
• Cyprus — 8th of 37: 32.75%

What this measures

Expenditure on primary education is expressed as a percentage of total general government expenditure on education. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments.

Limitations: Data disaggregated by level of education are estimates in some instances. It is often difficult to separate lower from upper secondary education expenditure, or pre-primary from primary.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a median.

All 14 values

Expenditure on primary education (% of government expenditure on education) in nearby economies

• Argentina — 29.59% (2017)
• Aruba — 27.53% (2016)
• Barbados — 29.61% (2016)
• Belize — 31.38% (2017)
• Brazil — 25.62% (2015)
• British Virgin Islands — 29.86% (2017)
• Chile — 27.91% (2017)
• Colombia — 32.71% (2018)

More education data for Paraguay

• Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 710,209 (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 89.44% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 88.78% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 90.07% (2024)
• Secondary education, pupils — 570,654 (2024)
• School enrollment, secondary (% gross) — 79.13% (2024)

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Questions people ask

What is Paraguay's expenditure on primary education (% of government expenditure on education)?

36.44% in 2016, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1970?

It is down 25.48 percentage points from 61.92% in 1970. The highest value was 66.33% in 1971 and the lowest 30.24% in 2011.

How does Paraguay rank?

5th highest of 37 economies with data for 2016.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.XPD.PRIM.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) 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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