Education in Guinea-Bissau

95 indicators covering education for Guinea-Bissau.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 347 2024 down 33.0% 78th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 162.4% 2010 up 36.6% 5th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 158.4% 2010 up 79.5% 3rd
Number of adults with no formal education by region 17,200 people 2100 down 45.7% 109th
Population by level of education 187,400 people 2100 up 22.1% 177th
Share of the population with no formal education with projections 0.5% 2100 down 44.7% 81st
Repeaters, primary, male 13.9% 2010 down 41.0% 25th
Repeaters, primary, female 14.2% 2010 down 41.9% 15th
School enrollment, primary 71.3% 2010 up 45.5% 171st
Over-age students, primary 34.3% 2010 up 7.8% 5th
Secondary education, teachers 6.2% 2000 down 52.8% 197th
School enrollment, primary, male 73.0% 2010 up 26.9% 153rd
School enrollment, primary, female 69.5% 2010 up 71.4% 149th
Over-age students, primary, male 35.0% 2010 up 4.3% 5th
Over-age students, primary, female 33.5% 2010 up 14.7% 5th
Compulsory education, duration 9 years 2025 unchanged 115th
Progression to secondary school 92.3% 1983 up 111.1% 115th
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary 72.7% 2010 up 47.7% 169th
Primary education, pupils 48.3% 2010 up 19.9% 123rd
Persistence to grade 5, male 23.2% 1987 up 12.5% 148th
Persistence to grade 5, female 19.6% 1987 up 63.1% 148th
Preprimary education, duration 3 years 2025 unchanged 104th
Progression to secondary school, male 98.2% 1983 up 44.1% 63rd
Progression to secondary school, female 74.7% 1983 down 0.7% 138th
Literacy rate, youth female 78.3% 2022 down 21.7% 87th
Children out of school, primary 75,097 2010 down 25.5% 61st
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female 70.8% 2010 up 74.0% 151st
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, male 74.5% 2010 up 29.0% 150th
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 51.93 2010 up 17.8% 7th
Secondary education, pupils 35.5% 2000 up 11.7% 200th
Children out of school, primary, female 38,662 2010 down 33.5% 65th
Children out of school, primary, male 36,435 2010 down 14.7% 68th
Current education expenditure, total 49.2% 2013 up 42.4% 123rd
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary 37.28 2006 up 148.3% 3rd
Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary 28.96 2010 up 35.1% 23rd