Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Guinea
Guinea: Proportion of total government spending on essential services was 9.2% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Guinea, 2000–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Guinea recorded 9.2% for proportion of total government spending on essential services in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and down 20.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of total government spending on essential services in Guinea peaked at 15.8% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 9.2%, in 2025.
That places Guinea 140th out of 170 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Guinea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 15.2% | — |
| 2001 | 10.4% | -31.9% |
| 2002 | 13.2% | +27.3% |
| 2003 | 11.6% | -11.8% |
| 2004 | 12.3% | +6.0% |
| 2005 | 11.0% | -11.2% |
| 2008 | 15.7% | +43.1% |
| 2009 | 13.6% | -13.3% |
| 2010 | 12.4% | -8.6% |
| 2011 | 14.3% | +14.7% |
| 2012 | 9.7% | -32.1% |
| 2013 | 14.1% | +45.9% |
| 2014 | 12.1% | -14.6% |
| 2015 | 11.6% | -3.9% |
| 2016 | 15.8% | +36.4% |
| 2017 | 13.4% | -15.1% |
| 2018 | 15.0% | +11.5% |
| 2019 | 12.5% | -16.7% |
| 2020 | 14.3% | +14.8% |
| 2021 | 11.5% | -19.8% |
| 2022 | 11.9% | +3.9% |
| 2023 | 10.0% | -16.1% |
| 2024 | 9.3% | -7.3% |
| 2025 | 9.2% | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12.9% | 10.4% | 15.7% | 8 |
| 2010s | 13.1% | 9.7% | 15.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.1% | 9.2% | 14.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Guinea
More education data for Guinea
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 43,914 (2020)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 100.47 (2020)
- School enrollment, primary 100.5% (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of total government spending on essential services in Guinea?
- Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Guinea was 9.2% in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of total government spending on essential services recorded in Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 15.8% in 2016.
- What is the lowest proportion of total government spending on essential services recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.2% in 2025.
- How does Guinea rank for proportion of total government spending on essential services?
- Guinea ranks 140th out of 170 countries with data for 2025.
- Is proportion of total government spending on essential services rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Proportion of total government spending on essential services, education [UIS methodology] (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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