Education in Paraguay 144 indicators covering education for Paraguay. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population ages 15-64 64.9% 2025 up 1.0% 97th Population ages 0-14 28.4% 2025 down 5.9% 79th Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd School enrollment, primary 89.4% 2024 down 22.3% 179th Primary education, teachers 34,694 2012 down 2.8% 104th School enrollment, primary, female 88.8% 2024 down 21.9% 176th School enrollment, primary, male 90.1% 2024 down 22.7% 176th Labor force, total 3.53 million 2025 up 20.8% 101st Labor force, female 42.2% 2025 up 4.6% 123rd School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9694 GPI 2015 down 0.9% 143rd School enrollment, secondary 79.1% 2024 down 4.4% 140th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 5.9 per 1,000 2024 down 15.7% 77th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 4 per 1,000 2024 down 16.7% 80th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 1.3 per 1,000 2024 down 13.3% 108th Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 0.8 per 1,000 2024 down 27.3% 131st Secondary education, teachers 34,286 2012 down 21.8% 105th School enrollment, secondary, female 80.8% 2024 down 5.6% 142nd School enrollment, secondary, male 77.5% 2024 down 3.2% 140th School enrollment, tertiary 37.6% 2010 up 117.5% 105th School enrollment, primary, private 21.1% 2024 up 4.6% 62nd School enrollment, preprimary 51.1% 2020 up 31.3% 119th School enrollment, tertiary, male 31.2% 2010 up 113.2% 102nd School enrollment, tertiary, female 44.3% 2010 up 120.9% 104th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.07 GPI 2012 up 4.8% 49th School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.29 GPI 2010 up 2.0% 68th Secondary education, teachers, female 21,327 2012 down 20.4% 95th Primary completion rate, female 88.3% 2024 down 8.7% 131st Primary completion rate, male 89.1% 2024 down 6.4% 121st Government expenditure on education, total 3.5% 2024 up 36.1% 123rd Secondary education, general pupils 514,351 2016 up 7.0% 95th Lower secondary completion rate, total 75.5% 2024 down 6.2% 125th School enrollment, preprimary, female 51.3% 2020 up 31.0% 119th School enrollment, preprimary, male 50.9% 2020 up 31.6% 117th Persistence to last grade of primary, total 96.7% 2023 up 15.0% 54th Government expenditure on education, total 11.7% 2025 down 35.8% 120th Secondary education, general pupils 50.5% 2016 up 0.5% 72nd Lower secondary completion rate, female 76.5% 2024 down 9.3% 132nd Lower secondary completion rate, male 74.6% 2024 down 3.0% 119th Children out of school 13.3% 2024 up 794.8% 39th Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 91st Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Primary education, pupils 710,209 2024 down 12.5% 95th Secondary education, pupils 570,654 2024 down 12.2% 101st Persistence to last grade of primary, female 95.4% 2023 up 11.0% 67th Persistence to last grade of primary, male 98.1% 2023 up 18.9% 39th Secondary education, vocational pupils 96,957 2016 up 98.8% 70th Number of under-five deaths, male 1,250 2024 down 27.3% 92nd Number of under-five deaths, female 977 2024 down 27.4% 92nd Number of infant deaths, female 868 2024 down 26.8% 90th Number of infant deaths, male 1,114 2024 down 26.8% 90th Children out of school, female 13.4% 2024 up 859.5% 43rd Children out of school, male 13.3% 2024 up 740.0% 43rd Secondary education, vocational pupils 49.4% 2016 up 2.8% 32nd Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 99.1% 2012 down 14.0% 119th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 3.9% 2025 down 10.1% 118th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 6.1% 2025 up 23.3% 89th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 4.8% 2025 up 5.4% 105th Primary education, teachers 71.2% 2012 down 1.0% 126th Repeaters, primary, total 2.9% 2016 down 40.9% 85th Page 1 of 3 Next →