School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in Guyana
Guyana: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female was 8.82 years in 2024. ▼ Falling
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in Guyana, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Guyana recorded 8.82 years for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.3% on the previous year and down 8.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in Guyana peaked at 9.68 years in 2012 and was at its lowest, 8.14 years, in 2023.
That places Guyana 109th out of 200 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8.73 years | 8.73 years | 8.73 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 9.05 years | 8.9 years | 9.13 years | 5 |
| 2010s | 9.52 years | 9.22 years | 9.68 years | 3 |
| 2020s | 8.59 years | 8.14 years | 8.82 years | 4 |
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More education data for Guyana
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 6,330 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 28.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 97.55 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 97.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in Guyana?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in Guyana was 8.82 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female recorded in Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 9.68 years in 2012.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.14 years in 2023.
- How does Guyana rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female?
- Guyana ranks 109th out of 200 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guyana data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release