Which has higher enrolment in primary education, female, Guinea or Sri Lanka?

Sri Lanka, at 849,494 number against 793,658 number in Guinea as of 2018.

What is the difference in enrolment in primary education, female between Guinea and Sri Lanka?

55,836 number, with Sri Lanka ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Sri Lanka?

37 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2016.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Enrolment in primary education, female (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Guinea vs Sri Lanka: Enrolment in primary education, female

Guinea

793,658 number

in 2016

Sri Lanka

849,494 number

in 2018

Guinea rank

71st

Sri Lanka rank

69th

Enrolment in primary education, female over time

Guinea
Sri Lanka

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 849,494 number against 793,658 number in Guinea, a difference of 55,836 number.

That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.1 times Guinea's.

Across all 37 years both countries report, Sri Lanka has been ahead every year.

Guinea ranks 71st and Sri Lanka ranks 69th of 203 countries.

Sri Lanka has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Guinea	Sri Lanka	Difference	Ahead
1970s	69,945 number	769,568 number	699,624 number	Sri Lanka
1980s	85,869 number	1.04 million number	953,603 number	Sri Lanka
1990s	154,828 number	957,319 number	802,490 number	Sri Lanka
2000s	517,801 number	811,072 number	293,271 number	Sri Lanka
2010s	735,622 number	861,346 number	125,724 number	Sri Lanka

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher enrolment in primary education, female, Guinea or Sri Lanka?: Sri Lanka, at 849,494 number against 793,658 number in Guinea as of 2018.
What is the difference in enrolment in primary education, female between Guinea and Sri Lanka?: 55,836 number, with Sri Lanka ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Sri Lanka?: 37 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2016.
How do Guinea and Sri Lanka rank globally for enrolment in primary education, female?: Guinea ranks 71st and Sri Lanka ranks 69th of 203 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Enrolment in primary education, female (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Enrolment in primary education, female (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 248 places, 9,587 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed: 21 August 2026

Total number of female students enrolled in public and private primary education institutions regardless of age.