Guinea vs Papua New Guinea: Primary education, pupils, per capita

Guinea
0.1576 units per person
in 2020
Papua New Guinea
0.1593 units per person
in 2023
Guinea rank
29th
Papua New Guinea rank
28th

Primary education, pupils, per capita over time

  • Guinea
  • Papua New Guinea
0.0250.050.0750.10.1250.15197019962023

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.1593 units per person against 0.1576 units per person in Guinea, a difference of 0.0017 units per person.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 38 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Guinea ranks 29th and Papua New Guinea ranks 28th of 206 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Guinea averaged higher in 3 and Papua New Guinea in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Guinea Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1970s 0.0443 units per person 0.0839 units per person 0.0396 units per person Papua New Guinea
1980s 0.0481 units per person 0.1021 units per person 0.054 units per person Papua New Guinea
1990s 0.0653 units per person 0.1091 units per person 0.0438 units per person Papua New Guinea
2000s 0.1197 units per person 0.0855 units per person 0.0342 units per person Guinea
2010s 0.1481 units per person 0.1408 units per person 0.0073 units per person Guinea
2020s 0.1576 units per person 0.1364 units per person 0.0213 units per person Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher primary education, pupils, per capita, Guinea or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 0.1593 units per person against 0.1576 units per person in Guinea as of 2023.
What is the difference in primary education, pupils, per capita between Guinea and Papua New Guinea?
0.0017 units per person, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Papua New Guinea?
38 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2020.
How do Guinea and Papua New Guinea rank globally for primary education, pupils, per capita?
Guinea ranks 29th and Papua New Guinea ranks 28th of 206 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Primary education, pupils, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Guinea vs Papua New Guinea: Primary education, pupils, per capita. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 02 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/primary-education-pupils-per-capita/guinea/papua-new-guinea/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/primary-education-pupils-per-capita/guinea/papua-new-guinea/">Guinea vs Papua New Guinea: Primary education, pupils, per capita</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Primary education, pupils, per capita
Unit
units per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
251 places, 11,297 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

Primary education, pupils divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.