Guatemala's adult literacy rose from 64.2 % in 1994 to 82.1 % in 2024.
Guatemala's school enrolment, primary (% gross) rose from 85.6 % in 1994 to 101.5 % in 2024.
Guatemala · Education
Literacy, enrolment, attainment and spending.
16 indicators · 15 with data
Guatemala's literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24) rose from 76.0 % in 1994 to 95.4 % in 2024.
Guatemala's school enrolment, secondary (% gross) rose from 26.4 % in 1994 to 49.6 % in 2024.
Guatemala's tertiary enrolment rose from 3.2 % in 1970 to 27.3 % in 2023.
Guatemala's children out of school, primary fell from 462,864 in 1978 to 201,342 in 2024.
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- Primary completion rateup +0.7 pts85th of 111
- Tertiary attainmentup +0.9 pts69th of 73
- At least upper secondary attainment (ages 25–64)down −15.2 pts70th of 74
- Expected years of schoolingdown −0.0 yrs166th of 195
- Mean years of schooling (ages 25+)up +0.5 yrs123rd of 145
- Learning povertyup +11.0 pts25th of 41*
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- Education spendingdown −0.0 pts35th of 40
- Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure)down −5.7 pts12th of 60
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- Pupil-teacher ratio, primaryup +0.4 %45th of 90
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