Guinea: Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary (% of primary school age children)

Key figures

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 7.02 percentage points in 2002 and the biggest yearly fall was 2.06 percentage points in 1986. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2007 to 2016 the straight-line trend is upward, about 1.52 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 90% of the movement over 9 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

A straight-line projection, tested first

Extending that straight line gives about 84.41% for 2019. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2013 to 2016 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 1.82%, against 3.44% for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.

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How it compares

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Closest to Guinea in the 2016 ranking

• St. Kitts and Nevis — 5th of 9: 96.22%
• Lesotho — 6th of 9: 91.2%
• Yemen, Rep. — 7th of 9: 84.4%
• Chad — 9th of 9: 73.47%

What this measures

Adjusted net enrollment is the number of pupils of the school-age group for primary education, enrolled either in primary or secondary education, expressed as a percentage of the total population in that age group.

Limitations: Enrollment indicators are based on annual school surveys, but do not necessarily reflect actual attendance or dropout rates during the year. Also, the length of education differs across countries and can influence enrollment rates, although the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) tries to minimize the difference. For example, a shorter duration for primary education tends to increase the rate; a longer one to decrease it (in part because older children are more at risk of dropping out). Moreover, age at enrollment may be inaccurately estimated or misstated, especially in communities where registration of births is not strictly enforced.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 26 values

Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary (% of primary school age children) in nearby economies

• Benin — 97.21% (2018)
• Burkina Faso — 79.34% (2018)
• Burundi — 93.42% (2018)
• Cabo Verde — 93.53% (2018)
• Cameroon — 92.87% (2017)
• Chad — 73.47% (2016)
• Comoros — 81.74% (2018)
• Côte d'Ivoire — 93.69% (2018)
• Equatorial Guinea

More education data for Guinea

• Primary school starting age (years) — 7 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 13 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
• School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 0.85 (2020)
• Primary education, teachers — 43,914 (2020)
• Primary education, pupils — 2.11 million (2020)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 100.48% (2020)
• Secondary education, general pupils — 673,633 (2016)
• Secondary education, general pupils (% female) — 38.43% (2016)

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Questions people ask

What is Guinea's adjusted net enrollment rate, primary (% of primary school age children)?

78.09% in 2016, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1984?

It is up 53.26 percentage points from 24.83% in 1984. The highest value was 79.3% in 2014 and the lowest 23.67% in 1987.

Where is Guinea's adjusted net enrollment rate, primary (% of primary school age children) heading?

From 2007 to 2016 the straight-line trend is upward, about 1.52 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 90% of the movement over 9 observed years. Extending that straight line gives about 84.41% for 2019. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2013 to 2016 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 1.82%, against 3.44% for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.TENR, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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