Guinea's adult literacy rose from 20.5 % in 1996 to 39.6 % in 2018.
Guinea's school enrolment, primary (% gross) rose from 30.4 % in 1987 to 100.5 % in 2020.
Guinea · Education
Literacy, enrolment, attainment and spending.
16 indicators · 14 with data
Literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24)
% of people ages 15–24
53rd of 55 · 13th in Sub-Saharan Africa*
Guinea's literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24) rose from 27.7 % in 1996 to 53.9 % in 2018.
Guinea's school enrolment, secondary (% gross) rose from 12.0 % in 1971 to 38.6 % in 2014.
Guinea's tertiary enrolment rose from 4.9 % in 1979 to 10.9 % in 2014.
Guinea's children out of school, primary fell from 627,392 in 1984 to 308,947 in 2020.
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- Primary completion ratedown −2.1 pts130th of 134*
- Tertiary attainmentdown −1.0 pts81st of 102*
- At least upper secondary attainment (ages 25–64)down −3.7 pts106th of 112*
- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs171st of 195
- Learning poverty31st of 41*
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- Education spendingdown −0.3 pts112th of 121
- Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure)down −0.1 pts48th of 60
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- Pupil-teacher ratio, primaryup +3.4 %136th of 142*
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These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Guinea.