Guinea-Bissau's adult literacy rose from 20.0 % in 1979 to 63.9 % in 2022.
Guinea-Bissau's school enrolment, primary (% gross) rose from 28.9 % in 1971 to 113.4 % in 2010.
Guinea-Bissau · Education
Literacy, enrolment, attainment and spending.
16 indicators · 13 with data
Guinea-Bissau's literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24) rose from 36.4 % in 1979 to 82.2 % in 2022.
Guinea-Bissau's school enrolment, secondary (% gross) rose from 6.4 % in 1971 to 34.4 % in 2006.
Guinea-Bissau's tertiary enrolment rose from 0.5 % in 1989 to 2.6 % in 2006.
Guinea-Bissau's children out of school, primary fell from 81,764 in 1981 to 75,097 in 2010.
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- Primary completion rateup +34.5 pts115th of 136*
- Tertiary attainmentdown −1.5 pts105th of 111*
- At least upper secondary attainment (ages 25–64)up +8.1 pts105th of 117*
- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs167th of 195
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- Education spendingup +0.1 pts143rd of 154*
- Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure)up +1.7 pts54th of 149*
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- Pupil-teacher ratio, primarydown −16.6 %131st of 139*
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These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Guinea-Bissau.