Guatemala

Background Information

Region

Latin America & Caribbean

World Bank income group

Upper middle income

Percent of population aged 10-24

32% (UNFPA, 2020)

Total primary school age population (both sexes)

2,334,151 (UIS, 2020)

Total secondary school age population (both sexes)

1,946,712 (UIS, 2020)

Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 18 (% of women aged 20-24)

30%

Source: UNSDG, 2015

Adolescent birth rate (per 1,000 women ages 15-19)

71

Source: UN Human Development Reports, 2018

Percentage of women who ever experienced physical violence since age 15 (% of women 15-49)

20%

Source: DHS, 2015

Percentage of married women employed in the last 12 months (% of married or in-union women 15-49)

42%

Source: DHS, 2015

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Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks (Years)

12

Source: UIS, 2019

Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure % GDP spent on education

Source: UIS, 2019

Proportion of schools with access to single-sex basic sanitation facilities

  • Primary 76%

    (2016)

Source: UIS

Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading

No data available

Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics

No data available

Completion rate

Primary school age

  • Female 76%

  • Male 80%

Female: UIS, 2015

Male: UIS, 2015

Lower secondary school age

  • Female 45%

  • Male 52%

Female: UIS, 2015

Male: UIS, 2015

Upper secondary school age

  • Female 33%

  • Male 36%

Female: UIS, 2015

Male: UIS, 2015

Out-of-school rate

Primary school

  • Female 6%

  • Male 6%

Female: UIS, 2015

Male: UIS, 2015

Lower secondary school

  • Female 32%

  • Male 23%

Female: UIS, 2015

Male: UIS, 2015

Upper secondary school

  • Female 53%

  • Male 42%

Female: UIS, 2015

Male: UIS, 2015

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