Official entrance age to upper secondary education in Guinea
Guinea: Official entrance age to upper secondary education was 17 years in 2020. ▲ Rising
Official entrance age to upper secondary education in Guinea, 1970–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for official entrance age to upper secondary education in Guinea is 17 years, measured in 2020. That is the highest value across all 51 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, official entrance age to upper secondary education in Guinea peaked at 17 years in 1998 and was at its lowest, 16 years, in 1970.
That places Guinea 2nd out of 209 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
Official entrance age to upper secondary education in Guinea, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 16 years | — |
| 1971 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 17 years | +6.2% |
| 1999 | 17 years | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 17 years | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 17 years | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 17 years | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 17 years | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 17 years | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 17 years | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 17 years | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 17 years | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 17 years | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 17 years | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 17 years | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 17 years | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 17 years | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 17 years | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 17 years | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 17 years | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 17 years | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 17 years | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 17 years | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 17 years | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 17 years | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 16 years | 16 years | 16 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 16 years | 16 years | 16 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 16.2 years | 16 years | 17 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 17 years | 17 years | 17 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 17 years | 17 years | 17 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 17 years | 17 years | 17 years | 1 |
Countries ranked near Guinea
More education data for Guinea
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 43,914 (2020)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 56.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 40.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is official entrance age to upper secondary education in Guinea?
- Official entrance age to upper secondary education in Guinea was 17 years in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest official entrance age to upper secondary education recorded in Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 17 years in 1998.
- What is the lowest official entrance age to upper secondary education recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 16 years in 1970.
- How does Guinea rank for official entrance age to upper secondary education?
- Guinea ranks 2nd out of 209 countries with data for 2020.
- Is official entrance age to upper secondary education rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. 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, published as part of Official entrance age to upper secondary education (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Age at which students would enter upper secondary education, assuming they had started at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, had studied full-time throughout and had progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade.