Primary completion rate, female in Guyana
Guyana: Primary completion rate, female was 103.3% in 2012. ▲ Rising
Primary completion rate, female in Guyana, 1971–2012
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
In 2012, primary completion rate, female in Guyana stood at 103.3%. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 29.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, female in Guyana peaked at 103.3% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 70.6%, in 2003.
That places Guyana 26th out of 189 countries with data for 2012, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Primary completion rate, female in Guyana, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 97.4% | — |
| 1972 | 95.8% | -1.6% |
| 1973 | 88.9% | -7.2% |
| 1974 | 86.1% | -3.1% |
| 1976 | 82.1% | -4.7% |
| 1977 | 91.1% | +10.9% |
| 1978 | 89.3% | -1.9% |
| 1979 | 88.2% | -1.3% |
| 1980 | 83.5% | -5.4% |
| 1982 | 89.4% | +7.1% |
| 1987 | 89.2% | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 94.7% | +6.1% |
| 1993 | 95.6% | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 81.3% | -14.9% |
| 1996 | 88.6% | +9.0% |
| 1997 | 87.1% | -1.7% |
| 1999 | 96.7% | +11.0% |
| 2000 | 101.4% | +4.8% |
| 2001 | 79.5% | -21.6% |
| 2003 | 70.6% | -11.2% |
| 2005 | 97.9% | +38.6% |
| 2006 | 97.9% | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 97.2% | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 96.1% | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 99.5% | +3.4% |
| 2010 | 94.6% | -4.9% |
| 2011 | 101.4% | +7.2% |
| 2012 | 103.3% | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 89.9% | 82.1% | 97.4% | 8 |
| 1980s | 87.3% | 83.5% | 89.4% | 3 |
| 1990s | 90.7% | 81.3% | 96.7% | 6 |
| 2000s | 92.5% | 70.6% | 101.4% | 8 |
| 2010s | 99.8% | 94.6% | 103.3% | 3 |
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More education data for Guyana
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,021 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0497 % change on previous year (2015)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 6,330 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 28.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary completion rate, female in Guyana?
- Primary completion rate, female in Guyana was 103.3% in 2012, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, female recorded in Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 103.3% in 2012.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, female recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 70.6% in 2003.
- How does Guyana rank for primary completion rate, female?
- Guyana ranks 26th out of 189 countries with data for 2012.
- Is primary completion rate, female rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guyana data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.