Share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. GDP per capita in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. GDP per capita was 65.6% in 2015. ▲ Rising
Share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. GDP per capita in Equatorial Guinea, 1994–2015
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2015, share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. gdp per capita in Equatorial Guinea stood at 65.6%. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.3% on the previous year and up 33.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. gdp per capita in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 65.6% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 41.3%, in 1994.
That places Equatorial Guinea 2nd out of 203 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. GDP per capita in Equatorial Guinea, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 41.3% | — |
| 2000 | 48.2% | +16.6% |
| 2001 | 44.6% | -7.5% |
| 2002 | 47.3% | +6.1% |
| 2003 | 49.1% | +3.9% |
| 2008 | 62.7% | +27.6% |
| 2009 | 63.2% | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 63.6% | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 62.9% | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 62.3% | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 65.6% | +5.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 41.3% | 41.3% | 41.3% | 1 |
| 2000s | 52.5% | 44.6% | 63.2% | 6 |
| 2010s | 63.6% | 62.3% | 65.6% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
More education data for Equatorial Guinea
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 4,021 (2015)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 13.05 % change on previous year (2012)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,021 tertiary education (2022)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 39,596 (2015)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1,785 (2015)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. gdp per capita in Equatorial Guinea?
- Share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. gdp per capita in Equatorial Guinea was 65.6% in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. gdp per capita recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 65.6% in 2015.
- What is the lowest share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. gdp per capita recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 41.3% in 1994.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. gdp per capita?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 2nd out of 203 countries with data for 2015.
- Is share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea 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 primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Children of primary school age (typically 6–11 years) not enrolled in any level of education, expressed as a percentage of all children in that age group.