Education in Guinea-Bissau

95 indicators covering education for Guinea-Bissau.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th
Population ages 0-14 38.3% 2025 down 9.3% 31st
Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd
Population ages 15-64 58.4% 2025 up 6.4% 180th
School enrollment, primary 113.4% 2010 up 50.2% 27th
Primary education, teachers 5,371 2010 up 57.7% 157th
School enrollment, primary, female 110.4% 2010 up 80.7% 33rd
School enrollment, primary, male 116.4% 2010 up 29.7% 22nd
Labor force, female 47.7% 2025 up 3.7% 44th
Labor force, total 899,220 2025 up 38.0% 147th
School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9311 GPI 2010 up 39.6% 180th
School enrollment, secondary 34.4% 2006 up 91.8% 191st
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 9.9 per 1,000 2024 down 20.2% 14th
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 12.6 per 1,000 2024 down 18.2% 23rd
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 5.6 per 1,000 2024 down 21.1% 20th
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 6.1 per 1,000 2024 down 41.9% 25th
Secondary education, teachers 1,480 2006 down 13.8% 170th
School enrollment, secondary, female 12.8% 2000 up 246.4% 201st
School enrollment, secondary, male 23.0% 2000 up 184.8% 197th
School enrollment, primary, private 27.7% 2010 up 42.8% 42nd
School enrollment, preprimary 13.2% 2014 up 258.6% 176th
School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 0.5379 GPI 2000 up 16.3% 195th
Secondary education, teachers, female 106 2000 up 6.0% 195th
Primary completion rate, male 69.4% 2010 up 92.9% 162nd
Primary completion rate, female 55.8% 2010 up 174.1% 174th
Government expenditure on education, total 2.0% 2013 down 1.1% 177th
Secondary education, general pupils 78,026 2010 up 213.2% 153rd
Lower secondary completion rate, total 36.3% 2010 up 176.0% 169th
School enrollment, preprimary, male 12.8% 2014 up 255.9% 174th
School enrollment, preprimary, female 13.6% 2014 up 261.4% 174th
Persistence to last grade of primary, total 8.4% 1987 down 37.9% 179th
Government expenditure on education, total 16.2% 2013 down 3.3% 46th
Secondary education, general pupils 40.5% 2010 up 13.0% 197th
Lower secondary completion rate, female 28.8% 2010 up 204.5% 175th
Lower secondary completion rate, male 43.8% 2010 up 160.1% 161st
Children out of school 30.5% 2010 down 39.8% 17th
Primary education, pupils 278,890 2010 up 85.9% 130th
Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th
Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 91st
Secondary education, pupils 55,176 2006 up 114.0% 164th
Persistence to last grade of primary, male 9.0% 1987 down 43.3% 164th
Persistence to last grade of primary, female 7.5% 1987 down 29.2% 164th
Secondary education, vocational pupils 977 2006 up 12.4% 166th
Number of infant deaths, female 1,174 2024 down 24.2% 82nd
Number of infant deaths, male 1,536 2024 down 23.5% 81st
Number of under-five deaths, female 1,932 2024 down 26.9% 73rd
Number of under-five deaths, male 2,380 2024 down 26.0% 73rd
Children out of school, female 31.7% 2010 down 46.1% 18th
Children out of school, male 29.4% 2010 down 31.2% 18th
Secondary education, vocational pupils 26.7% 2000 up 131.8% 165th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 160.4% 2010 up 55.0% 4th
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 2.7% 2025 down 15.6% 159th
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 3.4% 2025 down 2.9% 131st
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 1.9% 2025 down 32.0% 173rd
Primary education, teachers 21.8% 2010 up 7.7% 196th
Repeaters, primary, total 14.1% 2010 down 41.3% 18th
Persistence to grade 5, total 21.9% 1987 up 27.6% 163rd
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 527 2024 up 5.6% 98th
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 476 2024 up 1.9% 92nd
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 304 2024 unchanged 86th