Education in Guatemala 147 indicators covering education for Guatemala. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population ages 15-64 64.0% 2025 up 7.7% 117th Population ages 0-14 31.0% 2025 down 14.8% 67th Lower secondary school starting age 13 years 2025 unchanged 5th Primary school starting age 7 years 2025 unchanged 1st School enrollment, primary 101.5% 2024 down 3.6% 89th Primary education, teachers 122,362 2024 up 16.3% 50th School enrollment, primary, female 100.6% 2024 down 2.0% 96th School enrollment, primary, male 102.4% 2024 down 5.0% 81st Labor force, total 7.68 million 2025 up 24.9% 68th Labor force, female 32.7% 2025 up 1.3% 161st School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9846 GPI 2021 up 0.1% 117th School enrollment, secondary 49.6% 2024 down 6.4% 173rd Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 8.5 per 1,000 2024 down 4.5% 49th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 5.3 per 1,000 2024 down 18.5% 51st Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 2.3 per 1,000 2024 unchanged 64th Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 1.7 per 1,000 2024 down 15.0% 79th Secondary education, teachers 122,548 2024 up 33.1% 48th School enrollment, secondary, female 50.5% 2024 down 1.4% 167th School enrollment, secondary, male 48.7% 2024 down 10.9% 175th School enrollment, tertiary 27.3% 2023 up 39.4% 116th School enrollment, primary, private 12.0% 2024 up 7.5% 103rd School enrollment, preprimary 49.8% 2021 down 26.3% 121st School enrollment, tertiary, male 24.1% 2023 up 26.5% 113th School enrollment, tertiary, female 30.5% 2023 up 51.9% 120th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.02 GPI 2021 up 8.9% 91st School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.21 GPI 2023 up 15.1% 100th Secondary education, teachers, female 67,221 2024 up 54.6% 47th Primary completion rate, female 87.8% 2024 up 3.1% 133rd Primary completion rate, male 85.3% 2024 down 3.3% 127th Government expenditure on education, total 3.1% 2024 up 3.0% 146th Secondary education, general pupils 875,321 2018 up 34.8% 70th Lower secondary completion rate, total 49.3% 2024 down 16.2% 153rd School enrollment, preprimary, female 50.4% 2021 down 26.5% 122nd School enrollment, preprimary, male 49.3% 2021 down 26.2% 119th Persistence to last grade of primary, total 86.6% 2023 up 20.7% 111th Government expenditure on education, total 17.3% 2025 down 28.3% 39th Secondary education, general pupils 46.6% 2018 down 0.8% 183rd Lower secondary completion rate, female 51.6% 2024 down 8.7% 154th Lower secondary completion rate, male 47.0% 2024 down 23.0% 156th Children out of school 8.4% 2024 down 11.5% 59th Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 91st Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Primary education, pupils 2.42 million 2024 up 0.2% 62nd Secondary education, pupils 1.13 million 2024 down 3.0% 70th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 88.3% 2023 up 23.5% 98th Persistence to last grade of primary, male 85.0% 2023 up 18.0% 100th Secondary education, vocational pupils 351,870 2018 up 38.9% 34th Number of under-five deaths, male 4,351 2024 down 35.0% 60th Number of under-five deaths, female 3,394 2024 down 35.8% 59th Number of infant deaths, female 2,815 2024 down 34.6% 59th Number of infant deaths, male 3,671 2024 down 34.0% 59th Children out of school, female 8.4% 2024 down 17.5% 66th Children out of school, male 8.5% 2024 down 4.9% 62nd Secondary education, vocational pupils 51.0% 2018 down 1.1% 25th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 105.3% 2018 down 13.5% 60th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 2.3% 2025 up 13.9% 161st Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 3.3% 2025 down 8.2% 149th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 2.6% 2025 up 3.9% 161st Primary education, teachers 67.1% 2024 up 3.3% 138th Repeaters, primary, total 9.0% 2018 down 27.6% 33rd Page 1 of 3 Next →