Share of children who have completed primary school in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Share of children who have completed primary school was 30.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of children who have completed primary school in Guinea-Bissau, 1981–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Guinea-Bissau recorded 30.5% for share of children who have completed primary school in 2025. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.2% on the previous year and up 27.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children who have completed primary school in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 30.5% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 9.3%, in 1981.
That places Guinea-Bissau 161st out of 165 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 10.5% | 9.3% | 11.8% | 9 |
| 1990s | 14.2% | 12.2% | 16.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 18.5% | 16.5% | 20.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 23.8% | 21.2% | 26.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 28.9% | 27.4% | 30.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Guinea-Bissau
More education data for Guinea-Bissau
- Population ages 0-14 38.3% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 58.4% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 113.4% (2010)
- Primary education, teachers 5,371 (2010)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 3.76 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 110.4% (2010)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children who have completed primary school in Guinea-Bissau?
- Share of children who have completed primary school in Guinea-Bissau was 30.5% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children who have completed primary school recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 30.5% in 2025.
- What is the lowest share of children who have completed primary school recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.3% in 1981.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for share of children who have completed primary school?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 161st out of 165 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of children who have completed primary school rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guinea-Bissau data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of children who have completed primary school. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The share of children who are three to five years older than the official age for the last grade of primary education who have successfully completed it. This broader age band is used to include children who started school late or had to resit particular years.