Adolescents out of school, male in Guinea
Guinea: Adolescents out of school, male was 43.4% in 2014. ▼ Falling
Adolescents out of school, male in Guinea, 1986–2014
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of male lower secondary school age.
Analysis
Guinea recorded 43.4% for adolescents out of school, male in 2014. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.1% on the previous year and down 10.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adolescents out of school, male in Guinea peaked at 74.4% in 1986 and was at its lowest, 43.4%, in 2014.
That places Guinea 17th out of 160 countries with data for 2014, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Adolescents out of school, male in Guinea, year by year
| Year | % of male lower secondary school age | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 74.4% | — |
| 1989 | 73.3% | -1.4% |
| 1990 | 73.2% | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 57.0% | -22.1% |
| 2001 | 54.1% | -5.1% |
| 2002 | 49.9% | -7.8% |
| 2004 | 48.8% | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 46.0% | -5.7% |
| 2006 | 45.5% | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 45.8% | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 43.4% | -5.1% |
Guinea compared with similar countries
- Guinea's 43.4% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 17.7%, 2.5× the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Guinea's 43.4% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 32.0%, 1.4× the median. (35 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 73.9% | 73.3% | 74.4% | 2 |
| 1990s | 65.1% | 57.0% | 73.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 48.8% | 45.5% | 54.1% | 5 |
| 2010s | 44.6% | 43.4% | 45.8% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Guinea
- 14 Honduras 46.0%
- 15 Liberia 45.6%
- 16 Cameroon 45.3% compare
- 18 Madagascar 40.4% compare
- 19 Burundi 39.2% compare
- 20 Lao People's Democratic Republic 36.6% compare
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, male in Guinea?
- Adolescents out of school, male in Guinea was 43.4% in 2014, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest adolescents out of school, male recorded in Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 74.4% in 1986.
- What is the lowest adolescents out of school, male recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 43.4% in 2014.
- How does Guinea rank for adolescents out of school, male?
- Guinea ranks 17th out of 160 countries with data for 2014.
- Is adolescents out of school, male rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.9%. 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, male (% of male lower secondary school age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Adolescents out of school are the percentage of lower secondary school age adolescents who are not enrolled in school.