Lower secondary completion in Guatemala

In Guatemala, 56.5% of young people had completed lower secondary school by the expected age in 2024.

Measure: Completion rate, lower secondary education Unit: % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: UNESCO UIS
Guatemala, 2024 56.5% % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age
Change from 2022 −0.7percentage points 2022: 57.2%

Lower secondary completion in Guatemala over time

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% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Completion rate, lower secondary education (% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age), 2000 to 2024
Period Guatemala
2024 56.5%
2022 57.2%
2015 48.4%
2014 48.9%
2011 42.9%
2006 33.1%
2000 28.7%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 57.2% in 2022, a change of −0.7 percentage points.
  • Since 2000, when it was 28.7%, the figure has changed by +27.8 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
CR.2 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2024 for Guatemala
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org