Share of children in primary school age who are in school in Guinea
Guinea: Share of children in primary school age who are in school was 85.3% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Share of children in primary school age who are in school in Guinea, 1984–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026); Lee and Lee (2016) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2020, share of children in primary school age who are in school in Guinea stood at 85.3%. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of up 18.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children in primary school age who are in school in Guinea peaked at 85.3% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 23.4%, in 1987.
Guinea ranks 169th of 209 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Share of children in primary school age who are in school in Guinea, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 24.1% | — |
| 1985 | 27.0% | +11.9% |
| 1986 | 25.1% | -7.0% |
| 1987 | 23.4% | -6.7% |
| 1988 | 24.5% | +4.8% |
| 1989 | 24.7% | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 24.2% | -2.0% |
| 1991 | 25.9% | +7.1% |
| 1998 | 41.1% | +58.6% |
| 1999 | 43.2% | +5.2% |
| 2000 | 45.9% | +6.2% |
| 2001 | 48.8% | +6.4% |
| 2002 | 55.7% | +14.2% |
| 2003 | 58.8% | +5.5% |
| 2004 | 61.6% | +4.8% |
| 2005 | 63.3% | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 65.3% | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 67.3% | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 66.6% | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 68.4% | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 71.9% | +5.1% |
| 2011 | 76.5% | +6.4% |
| 2012 | 76.1% | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 77.9% | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 81.6% | +4.7% |
| 2016 | 79.5% | -2.6% |
| 2020 | 85.3% | +7.3% |
Guinea compared with similar countries
- Guinea's 85.3% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 93.7%, 91% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Guinea's 85.3% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 84.5%, 1.0× the median. (46 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of children in primary school age who are in school in Guinea changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +58.6% | 25.9% | 41.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 24.8% | 23.4% | 27.0% | 6 |
| 1990s | 33.6% | 24.2% | 43.2% | 4 |
| 2000s | 60.2% | 45.9% | 68.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 77.2% | 71.9% | 81.6% | 6 |
| 2020s | 85.3% | 85.3% | 85.3% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Guinea
More education data for Guinea
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 78.94 (2020)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 85.27 (2020)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children in primary school age who are in school in Guinea?
- Share of children in primary school age who are in school in Guinea was 85.3% in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026); Lee and Lee (2016) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children in primary school age who are in school recorded in Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 85.3% in 2020.
- What is the lowest share of children in primary school age who are in school recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.4% in 1987.
- How does Guinea rank for share of children in primary school age who are in school?
- Guinea ranks 169th out of 209 countries with data for 2020.
- Is share of children in primary school age who are in school rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.7%. 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 (2026); Lee and Lee (2016) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of children in primary school age who are in school. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Share of children of primary school age (typically 6–11 years) who are enrolled in primary education.