Primary completion rate, male in Guyana
Guyana: Primary completion rate, male was 105.4% in 2012. ▲ Rising
Primary completion rate, male in Guyana, 1971–2012
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
The most recent figure for primary completion rate, male in Guyana is 105.4%, measured in 2012. 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 16.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, male in Guyana peaked at 105.4% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 76.9%, in 2003.
Guyana ranks 15th of 189 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Primary completion rate, male in Guyana, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 98.2% | — |
| 1972 | 91.4% | -6.9% |
| 1973 | 90.8% | -0.6% |
| 1974 | 89.8% | -1.2% |
| 1976 | 83.8% | -6.6% |
| 1977 | 93.5% | +11.6% |
| 1978 | 89.5% | -4.3% |
| 1979 | 96.0% | +7.3% |
| 1980 | 87.5% | -8.9% |
| 1982 | 90.0% | +2.9% |
| 1987 | 87.4% | -2.9% |
| 1992 | 91.9% | +5.1% |
| 1993 | 90.3% | -1.7% |
| 1995 | 83.1% | -8.0% |
| 1996 | 83.6% | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 86.5% | +3.6% |
| 1999 | 98.3% | +13.6% |
| 2000 | 97.2% | -1.2% |
| 2001 | 90.1% | -7.3% |
| 2003 | 76.9% | -14.7% |
| 2005 | 96.7% | +25.8% |
| 2006 | 99.1% | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 95.0% | -4.1% |
| 2008 | 97.3% | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 100.2% | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 96.1% | -4.1% |
| 2011 | 103.6% | +7.7% |
| 2012 | 105.4% | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 91.6% | 83.8% | 98.2% | 8 |
| 1980s | 88.3% | 87.4% | 90.0% | 3 |
| 1990s | 89.0% | 83.1% | 98.3% | 6 |
| 2000s | 94.1% | 76.9% | 100.2% | 8 |
| 2010s | 101.7% | 96.1% | 105.4% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Guyana
- 12 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 106.7% compare
- 13 Tonga 106.5% compare
- 14 Morocco 105.7% compare
- 16 Montenegro 105.0%
- 17 Portugal 104.6%
- 18 Georgia 104.5% compare
More education data for Guyana
- 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 2,021 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary completion rate, male in Guyana?
- Primary completion rate, male in Guyana was 105.4% in 2012, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, male recorded in Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 105.4% in 2012.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, male recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 76.9% in 2003.
- How does Guyana rank for primary completion rate, male?
- Guyana ranks 15th out of 189 countries with data for 2012.
- Is primary completion rate, male rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.9%. 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, male (% 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.