Proportion of total government spending on essential services … UIS in Guinea
Guinea: Proportion of total government spending on essential services … UIS 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 162nd out of 197 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 … UIS 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% |
Guinea compared with similar countries
- Guinea's 9.2% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 14.5%, 64% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Guinea's 9.2% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 14.4%, 64% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
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
- 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)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1576 units per person (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 162nd out of 197 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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