Education in Guinea

137 indicators covering education for Guinea.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Population ages 15-64 56.0% 2025 up 5.2% 199th
Population ages 0-14 40.5% 2025 down 6.4% 19th
Primary school starting age 7 years 2025 unchanged 1st
Lower secondary school starting age 13 years 2025 unchanged 5th
School enrollment, primary 100.5% 2020 up 17.4% 103rd
Primary education, teachers 43,914 2020 up 27.5% 88th
School enrollment, primary, female 92.8% 2020 up 19.3% 164th
School enrollment, primary, male 108.0% 2020 up 15.8% 49th
Labor force, total 4.72 million 2025 up 27.1% 92nd
Labor force, female 41.6% 2025 down 5.9% 131st
School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.8481 GPI 2020 up 3.0% 193rd
School enrollment, secondary 38.6% 2014 up 56.4% 186th
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 17.2 per 1,000 2024 down 7.5% 9th
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 11.9 per 1,000 2024 down 22.2% 9th
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 5.9 per 1,000 2024 down 20.3% 19th
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 10.7 per 1,000 2024 down 23.0% 11th
Secondary education, teachers 19,322 2011 up 98.0% 124th
School enrollment, secondary, female 30.6% 2014 up 99.9% 193rd
School enrollment, secondary, male 46.3% 2014 up 37.0% 181st
School enrollment, tertiary 10.9% 2014 up 372.3% 154th
School enrollment, primary, private 35.5% 2020 up 29.4% 29th
School enrollment, preprimary 19.7% 2021 up 27.3% 169th
School enrollment, tertiary, male 15.0% 2014 up 283.2% 141st
School enrollment, tertiary, female 6.6% 2014 up 834.5% 164th
School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 0.7175 GPI 2019 up 25.6% 188th
School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 0.4411 GPI 2014 up 143.9% 180th
Secondary education, teachers, female 1,052 2011 up 16.1% 159th
Primary completion rate, female 52.7% 2020 up 13.7% 181st
Primary completion rate, male 66.9% 2020 up 1.9% 164th
Government expenditure on education, total 1.7% 2023 down 34.5% 186th
Secondary education, general pupils 673,633 2016 up 40.8% 80th
Lower secondary completion rate, total 34.5% 2020 up 0.0% 171st
School enrollment, preprimary, female 19.4% 2021 up 28.7% 167th
School enrollment, preprimary, male 19.9% 2021 up 25.9% 167th
Persistence to last grade of primary, total 65.9% 2013 down 13.2% 150th
Government expenditure on education, total 9.2% 2025 down 20.8% 161st
Secondary education, general pupils 38.4% 2016 up 12.5% 201st
Lower secondary completion rate, female 29.7% 2020 up 10.8% 174th
Lower secondary completion rate, male 39.1% 2020 down 6.6% 164th
Children out of school 14.7% 2020 down 47.7% 38th
Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th
Primary education, pupils 2.11 million 2020 up 45.0% 68th
Secondary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged 26th
Secondary education, pupils 715,702 2014 up 107.7% 94th
Persistence to last grade of primary, female 65.0% 2013 down 6.0% 140th
Persistence to last grade of primary, male 66.7% 2013 down 18.1% 129th
Secondary education, vocational pupils 26,313 2014 up 522.1% 101st
Number of under-five deaths, male 24,321 2024 down 8.9% 27th
Number of under-five deaths, female 20,073 2024 down 9.6% 27th
Number of infant deaths, male 16,357 2024 down 5.8% 30th
Number of infant deaths, female 12,637 2024 down 5.8% 31st
Children out of school, female 21.1% 2020 down 38.6% 28th
Children out of school, male 8.6% 2020 down 61.4% 61st
Secondary education, vocational pupils 47.5% 2014 up 257.5% 46th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 115.0% 2016 up 40.2% 27th
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 5.0% 2025 up 14.4% 109th
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 5.3% 2025 down 8.5% 86th
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 5.2% 2025 up 0.3% 93rd
Primary education, teachers 40.9% 2020 up 42.3% 186th
Repeaters, primary, total 11.6% 2016 up 35.1% 25th