Adolescents out of school, female in Guinea
Guinea: Adolescents out of school, female was 59.8% in 2014. ▼ Falling
Adolescents out of school, female in Guinea, 1986–2014
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of female lower secondary school age.
Analysis
The most recent figure for adolescents out of school, female in Guinea is 59.8%, measured in 2014. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.1% on the previous year and down 14.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adolescents out of school, female in Guinea peaked at 91.2% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 59.8%, in 2014.
Guinea ranks 5th of 160 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Adolescents out of school, female in Guinea, year by year
| Year | % of female lower secondary school age | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 89.0% | — |
| 1989 | 90.9% | +2.1% |
| 1990 | 91.2% | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 81.4% | -10.7% |
| 2001 | 77.5% | -4.8% |
| 2002 | 73.8% | -4.7% |
| 2004 | 69.8% | -5.4% |
| 2005 | 66.0% | -5.4% |
| 2006 | 63.8% | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 61.7% | -3.3% |
| 2014 | 59.8% | -3.1% |
Guinea compared with similar countries
- Guinea's 59.8% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 12.9%, 4.6× the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Guinea's 59.8% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 28.7%, 2.1× the median. (35 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 89.9% | 89.0% | 90.9% | 2 |
| 1990s | 86.3% | 81.4% | 91.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 70.2% | 63.8% | 77.5% | 5 |
| 2010s | 60.8% | 59.8% | 61.7% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Guinea
More education data for Guinea
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 19,322 (2011)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 256,207 (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 103,162 (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 99,093 (2020)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 715,702 (2014)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 2.11 million (2020)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 3.81 % change on previous year (2014)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1576 units per person (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adolescents out of school, female in Guinea?
- Adolescents out of school, female in Guinea was 59.8% in 2014, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest adolescents out of school, female recorded in Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 91.2% in 1990.
- What is the lowest adolescents out of school, female recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 59.8% in 2014.
- How does Guinea rank for adolescents out of school, female?
- Guinea ranks 5th out of 160 countries with data for 2014.
- Is adolescents out of school, female rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Adolescents out of school, female (% of female lower secondary school age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Adolescents out of school are the percentage of lower secondary school age adolescents who are not enrolled in school.