Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male in Guinea
Guinea: Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male was 56.3% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male in Guinea, 2000–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Guinea recorded 56.3% for out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male in 2025.
The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male in Guinea peaked at 70.5% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 53.2%, in 2019.
That places Guinea 27th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male in Guinea, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 70.5% | — |
| 2001 | 69.3% | -1.7% |
| 2002 | 67.7% | -2.3% |
| 2003 | 65.6% | -3.1% |
| 2004 | 63.6% | -3.0% |
| 2005 | 62.4% | -1.9% |
| 2006 | 61.5% | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 60.7% | -1.3% |
| 2008 | 60.1% | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 59.8% | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 59.2% | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 58.0% | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 56.4% | -2.8% |
| 2013 | 55.1% | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 54.8% | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 54.9% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 54.9% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 54.0% | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 53.3% | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 53.2% | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 53.3% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 53.4% | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 53.5% | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 54.6% | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 55.6% | +1.8% |
| 2025 | 56.3% | +1.3% |
Guinea compared with similar countries
- Guinea's 56.3% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 38.2%, 1.5× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Guinea's 56.3% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 50.2%, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 64.1% | 59.8% | 70.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 55.4% | 53.2% | 59.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 54.4% | 53.3% | 56.3% | 6 |
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 out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male in Guinea?
- Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male in Guinea was 56.3% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male recorded in Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 70.5% in 2000.
- What is the lowest out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 53.2% in 2019.
- How does Guinea rank for out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male?
- Guinea ranks 27th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male (modelled data) (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release