9 answers, 4 from Guinea's own official bodies, with a link to each figure.
What is the literacy rate in Guinea?
39.6% of Guineans aged 15 and over could read and write in 2018/2019, according to the INS's 2024 statistical yearbook: 54.4% of men and 27.7% of women. The rate was 34.0% in 2012.
The figures come from household surveys, which ask people whether they can read and write. Among young people aged 15 to 24, the UNESCO Institute for Statistics gives a literacy rate of 53.94% for 2018.
2,335,944 pupils were enrolled in primary school in Guinea in 2024, according to the INS's 2024 statistical yearbook, up from 1,649,043 in 2015. The gross enrolment ratio was 104.2%.
The gross ratio can exceed 100% because it counts pupils older or younger than the official age. The primary completion rate was 72.2% in 2024, down from 83.8% in 2023, and there were 45.6 pupils for every teacher. The UNESCO Institute for Statistics estimates that 14.73% of children of primary age were out of school in 2020.
How many students are there in higher education in Guinea?
60,638 students were enrolled in higher education in Guinea in 2024, according to the INS's 2024 statistical yearbook, down from 101,410 in 2017. 45,708 studied at public institutions and 14,930 at private ones.
Women were 18,563 of the students, about 31%. Guinea had 19 public and 28 private higher education institutions in 2023–2024. The figures come from the higher education ministry's planning office. The UNESCO Institute for Statistics gives a tertiary gross enrolment ratio of 10.85% for 2014, its latest year for Guinea.
45.14% of young people in Guinea had completed primary school in 2018, 26.3% lower secondary and 16.4% upper secondary, according to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics' completion rates for primary, lower secondary and upper secondary education.
Completion rates measure the share of people a few years older than the final-grade age who have finished each level, using household survey data, so they differ from the school-based completion rate in the INS yearbook. Guinea's government spent 1.72% of GDP on education in 2023.
The figures below use one definition for every country, so they can differ from national figures.
How many children in Guinea are in primary school?
The UNESCO Institute for Statistics puts net primary school enrolment in Guinea at 76.0% in 2016. The peak was 76.9% in 2014 and the low 62.9% in 2005. It is 14th highest of 22 in Sub-Saharan Africa, where the median is 83.9%. Of 133 countries with 2016 data, 119th highest.
What is Guinea's literacy rate?
The UNESCO Institute for Statistics puts the adult literacy rate in Guinea at 39.6% in 2018. In 2010 the figure was 25.3%. Sub-Saharan Africa median: 71.1%; Guinea is 12th highest of 15. Worldwide: 45th of 48.
What share of GDP does Guinea spend on education?
The UNESCO Institute for Statistics puts government spending on education in Guinea at 1.7% of GDP in 2023. Since 2005 it has ranged from 1.3% of GDP (2005) to 2.6% of GDP (2013). It is 32nd highest of 35 in Sub-Saharan Africa, where the median is 3.3% of GDP. Worldwide: 104th of 112.
How many students does each teacher have in Guinea?
In 2016, the number of primary pupils per teacher in Guinea was 47, according to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics. It is the top of the series, which starts in 2005. Sub-Saharan Africa median: 41; Guinea is 6th highest of 28. Worldwide: 7th of 136.
What share of children in Guinea finish primary school?
59.9%: that is the primary completion rate in Guinea for 2020, according to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Since 2005 it has ranged from 50.1% (2008) to 63.6% (2014). It is 19th highest of 22 in Sub-Saharan Africa, where the median is 73.6%. Worldwide: 124th of 128.