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Guyana's school enrolment, primary (% gross) fell from 99.0 % in 1983 to 97.6 % in 2024.
Guyana · Education
Literacy, enrolment, attainment and spending.
16 indicators · 14 with data
Guyana's literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24) rose from 95.8 % in 2009 to 99.1 % in 2020.
Guyana's school enrolment, secondary (% gross) rose from 64.9 % in 1971 to 91.4 % in 2024.
Guyana's tertiary enrolment rose from 1.5 % in 1971 to 26.4 % in 2024.
Guyana's children out of school, primary rose from 15,632 in 1971 to 17,362 in 2023.
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- Primary completion rateup +1.8 pts16th of 140*
- Tertiary attainmentup +1.4 pts104th of 119*
- At least upper secondary attainment (ages 25–64)up +4.4 pts90th of 119*
- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs112th of 195
- Mean years of schooling (ages 25+)up +0.2 yrs90th of 145
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- Education spendingdown −0.2 pts77th of 166*
- Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure)down −8.9 pts55th of 60
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- Pupil-teacher ratio, primarydown −5.8 %88th of 140*
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