Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Guam
Guam: Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates was 77.9% in 1989. ▼ Falling
Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Guam, 1981–1989
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Guam recorded 77.9% for primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in 1989. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.4% on the previous year and down 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Guam peaked at 91.0% in 1981 and was at its lowest, 77.9%, in 1989.
Guam ranks 207th of 217 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
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More education data for Guam
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 5 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 25.9% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 61.0% (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 1 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 77.9% (1989)
- Primary education, teachers 775 (1989)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.75 live births per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. share of women with no education 2.78 live births per woman (2023)
- Women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate 2.78 live births per woman (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Guam?
- Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Guam was 77.9% in 1989, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates recorded in Guam?
- The highest recorded value was 91.0% in 1981.
- What is the lowest primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates recorded in Guam?
- The lowest recorded value was 77.9% in 1989.
- How does Guam rank for primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates?
- Guam ranks 207th out of 217 countries with data for 1989.
- Is primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates rising or falling in Guam?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guam data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of children of any age group who are enrolled in primary education, expressed as a percentage of the total population of the official primary school age.