Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in was 6 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in in Equatorial Guinea, 1998–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
Equatorial Guinea recorded 6 for number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in in 2025. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 6 in 2007 and was at its lowest, 5, in 1998.
That places Equatorial Guinea 177th out of 191 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in in Equatorial Guinea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 5 | — |
| 1999 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 6 | +20.0% |
| 2008 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 6 | +0.0% |
Equatorial Guinea compared with similar countries
- Equatorial Guinea's 6 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 12, 50% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Equatorial Guinea's 6 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 9, 67% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| 2000s | 5.3 | 5 | 6 | 10 |
| 2010s | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 |
| 2020s | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
More education data for Equatorial Guinea
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1,327 (2005)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 17,300 (2015)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 19,889 (2015)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 19,707 (2015)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 25,544 (2005)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 93,396 (2015)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 6 % change on previous year (2012)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2015)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0642 units per person (2015)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in in Equatorial Guinea?
- Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in in Equatorial Guinea was 6 in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 6 in 2007.
- What is the lowest number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 5 in 1998.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 177th out of 191 countries with data for 2025.
- Is number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release