Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling in Guinea
Guinea: Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling was 4.13 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling in Guinea, 1950–2024
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Guinea recorded 4.13 for fertility rate vs mean years of schooling in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 75 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.0% on the previous year and down 18.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate vs mean years of schooling in Guinea peaked at 6.57 in 1987 and was at its lowest, 4.13, in 2024.
Guinea ranks 21st of 236 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 75 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6.03 | 5.97 | 6.1 | 10 |
| 1960s | 6.17 | 6.11 | 6.23 | 10 |
| 1970s | 6.35 | 6.24 | 6.45 | 10 |
| 1980s | 6.52 | 6.46 | 6.57 | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.29 | 5.99 | 6.51 | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.72 | 5.53 | 5.92 | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.02 | 4.58 | 5.43 | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.31 | 4.13 | 4.49 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guinea
- 18 Cameroon 4.26 compare
- 19 Cote d'Ivoire 4.23 compare
- 20 Uganda 4.17 compare
- 22 Togo 4.12 compare
- 23 Equatorial Guinea 4.12 compare
- 24 Burkina Faso 4.11 compare
More education data for Guinea
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 56.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 40.5% (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 100.5% (2020)
- Primary education, teachers 43,914 (2020)
- School enrollment, primary, female 92.8% (2020)
- School enrollment, primary, male 108.0% (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate vs mean years of schooling in Guinea?
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling in Guinea was 4.13 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest fertility rate vs mean years of schooling recorded in Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 6.57 in 1987.
- What is the lowest fertility rate vs mean years of schooling recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.13 in 2024.
- How does Guinea rank for fertility rate vs mean years of schooling?
- Guinea ranks 21st out of 236 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fertility rate vs mean years of schooling rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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