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.
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
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 56.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 40.5% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 100.5% (2020)
- Primary education, teachers 43,914 (2020)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 4.13 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 92.8% (2020)
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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About this data
The share of children of primary school age (typically 6–11 years) who are enrolled in primary education.