Primary school completion rate in Guatemala

The primary completion rate in Guatemala was 86.5% in 2024.

Measure: Primary school completion rate Unit: % of the relevant age group Data: 1970 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Guatemala, 2024 86.5% % of the relevant age group
Change from 2023 +0.7percentage points 2023: 85.8%
World, 2024 88.0% Official aggregate

Primary school completion rate in Guatemala over time

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% of the relevant age group. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Primary school completion rate (% of the relevant age group), 2001 to 2024
Period GuatemalaWorld
2024 86.5% 88.0%
2023 85.8% 87.3%
2022 86.5% 91.1%
2021 88.1% 88.7%
2020 81.1% 88.0%
2019 80.1% 87.9%
2018 81.2% 88.1%
2017 81.5% 88.2%
2016 81.5% 88.5%
2015 85.5% 87.9%
2014 86.6% 88.1%
2013 86.5% 88.3%
2012 86.1% 88.1%
2011 86.4% 87.8%
2010 83.7% 88.5%
2009 82.6% 89.0%
2008 77.1% 88.2%
2007 74.1% 86.5%
2006 73.8% 85.3%
2005 71.1% 85.0%
2004 67.0% 84.2%
2003 – 83.5%
2002 60.0% 83.3%
2001 56.2% 82.7%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.7 percentage points from 85.8% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 86.6%, the figure has changed by −0.1 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 88.0%.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.PRM.CMPT.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1970 to 2024 for Guatemala
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics