What share of students in Los Guayos are in higher education?

Residents aged 18 to 24 in higher education accounted for 18.3% of everyone attending school in the Los Guayos municipality at the 2011 census, against 20.6% nationally (the lowest of 26 of the cities).

What share of households in Los Guayos have an education deficit?

3.8% of households in the Los Guayos municipality had an education deficit under the INE census household classification at the 2011 census, 12th highest of 26 of the cities and against 1.6% nationally.

Education in Los Guayos, Venezuela: official figures

The illiteracy rate among people aged 10 and over in the Los Guayos municipality was 2.14% at the 2011 census (2,598 people), 7th lowest of 26 of the cities and against 4.92% nationally.

Illiteracy rate, ages 10 and over

2.14%

2011 census

How many people are in education in Los Guayos?

43,066 residents of the Los Guayos municipality were attending school or university at some level at the 2011 census, 28.8% of the population (12th lowest of 26 of the cities; national 28.7%).

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How many people attend university in Los Guayos?

7,863 residents of the Los Guayos municipality aged 18 to 24 were attending higher education at the 2011 census, 5.3% of the population against 5.9% nationally (2nd lowest of 26 of the cities).

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How many teenagers attend school in Los Guayos?

11,806 residents of the Los Guayos municipality aged 13 to 17 were attending school at the 2011 census, 27.4% of all those attending school there, against 26.6% nationally.

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How Los Guayos compares with other cities in Venezuela

Illiteracy rate, ages 10 and over (2011 census)

Los Guayos ranks 20 of 26, highest first. Municipality that contains the city; INE 2011 census.

Rank	City	Illiteracy rate, ages 10 and over
17	Valencia	2.47%
18	Ciudad Guayana	2.43%
19	San Cristóbal	2.16%
20	Los Guayos	2.14%
21	Guacara	2.11%
22	Turmero	2.07%
23	Naguanagua	1.93%

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Residents attending school at any level, % of population (2011 census)

Los Guayos ranks 15 of 26, highest first. Municipality that contains the city; INE 2011 census.

Rank	City	Residents attending school at any level, % of population
12	Turmero	29.3%
13	Ciudad Guayana	29.2%
14	Mérida	28.8%
15	Los Guayos	28.8%
16	Maracaibo	28.2%
17	Barquisimeto	27.9%
18	Puerto Cabello	27.9%

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Residents attending higher education, % of population (2011 census)

Los Guayos ranks 25 of 26, highest first. Municipality that contains the city; INE 2011 census.

Rank	City	Residents attending higher education, % of population
20	Caracas	5.6%
21	Guacara	5.6%
22	Barquisimeto	5.5%
23	Guatire	5.5%
24	Valencia	5.4%
25	Los Guayos	5.3%
26	Guarenas	5.2%

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Households with an education deficit (2011 census)

Los Guayos ranks 12 of 26, highest first. Municipality that contains the city; INE 2011 census.

Rank	City	Households with an education deficit
9	Ciudad Ojeda	4.7%
10	Naguanagua	4.6%
11	San Cristóbal	4.0%
12	Los Guayos	3.8%
13	Punto Fijo	3.8%
14	Carúpano	3.8%
15	Cabimas	3.7%

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadistica (INE), Venezuela · saved copy

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Sources

Instituto Nacional de Estadistica (INE), Venezuela: Viviendas, hogares y personas, Censo 2011: persons (age, urban/rural, indigenous, school attendance, illiteracy), households (size, headship, poverty classification, household deficits) and dwellings by municipality, read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 936f89b85c8c…)

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