Gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education in Guinea
Guinea: Gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education was 78.9% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education in Guinea, 1984–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026); Lee and Lee (2016) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Guinea recorded 78.9% for gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education in 2020. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of up 20.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education in Guinea peaked at 78.9% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 14.9%, in 1987.
That places Guinea 162nd out of 190 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education in Guinea, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 15.8% | — |
| 1985 | 17.2% | +8.8% |
| 1986 | 16.2% | -5.9% |
| 1987 | 14.9% | -7.7% |
| 1988 | 15.9% | +6.3% |
| 1989 | 16.2% | +1.9% |
| 1990 | 15.9% | -1.5% |
| 1991 | 17.4% | +9.2% |
| 1998 | 32.3% | +85.8% |
| 1999 | 35.0% | +8.3% |
| 2000 | 38.7% | +10.5% |
| 2001 | 42.0% | +8.6% |
| 2002 | 48.6% | +15.7% |
| 2003 | 52.1% | +7.2% |
| 2004 | 55.3% | +6.1% |
| 2005 | 57.6% | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 60.3% | +4.6% |
| 2007 | 62.4% | +3.6% |
| 2008 | 61.7% | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 63.4% | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 65.7% | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 71.2% | +8.4% |
| 2012 | 70.7% | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 72.3% | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 75.8% | +4.9% |
| 2016 | 72.3% | -4.7% |
| 2020 | 78.9% | +9.3% |
Guinea compared with similar countries
- Guinea's 78.9% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 90.6%, 87% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Guinea's 78.9% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 86.4%, 91% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education in Guinea changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +85.8% | 17.4% | 32.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 16.0% | 14.9% | 17.2% | 6 |
| 1990s | 25.1% | 15.9% | 35.0% | 4 |
| 2000s | 54.2% | 38.7% | 63.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 71.3% | 65.7% | 75.8% | 6 |
| 2020s | 78.9% | 78.9% | 78.9% | 1 |
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 gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education in Guinea?
- Gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education in Guinea was 78.9% in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026); Lee and Lee (2016) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education recorded in Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 78.9% in 2020.
- What is the lowest gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.9% in 1987.
- How does Guinea rank for gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education?
- Guinea ranks 162nd out of 190 countries with data for 2020.
- Is gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026); Lee and Lee (2016) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Share of girls of primary school age (typically 6–11 years) who are enrolled in primary education.