Children out of school, primary in Guinea
Guinea: Children out of school, primary was 308,947 in 2020. ▼ Falling
Children out of school, primary in Guinea, 1984–2020
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Analysis
Guinea recorded 308,947 for children out of school, primary in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 27 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 35.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, children out of school, primary in Guinea peaked at 746,850 in 1998 and was at its lowest, 308,947, in 2020.
Guinea ranks 31st of 197 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 661,336 | 618,382 | 703,893 | 6 |
| 1990s | 740,212 | 727,554 | 746,850 | 4 |
| 2000s | 600,768 | 529,351 | 732,720 | 10 |
| 2010s | 403,474 | 335,168 | 477,839 | 6 |
| 2020s | 308,947 | 308,947 | 308,947 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Guinea
More education data for Guinea
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 56.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 40.5% (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 100.5% (2020)
- Primary education, teachers 43,914 (2020)
- School enrollment, primary, female 92.8% (2020)
- School enrollment, primary, male 108.0% (2020)
- Labor force, female 41.6% (2025)
- Labor force, total 4.72 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is children out of school, primary in Guinea?
- Children out of school, primary in Guinea was 308,947 in 2020, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest children out of school, primary recorded in Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 746,850 in 1998.
- What is the lowest children out of school, primary recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 308,947 in 2020.
- How does Guinea rank for children out of school, primary?
- Guinea ranks 31st out of 197 countries with data for 2020.
- Is children out of school, primary rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Children out of school, primary. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.