Guinea's current education expenditure, primary (% of total expenditure in primary public institutions) was 98.62% in 2020, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 0.45 percentage points from 98.17% in 2010.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 98.62% | 2020 |
| Five years earlier | 94.1% | 2015 |
| Ten years earlier | 98.17% | 2010 |
| Highest | 98.62% | 2020 |
| Lowest | 47.51% | 2008 |
| Average since 2011 | 93.89% | 2011–2020 |
| First recorded | 47.51% | 2008 |
What the numbers say
In 2020, Guinea's current education expenditure, primary (% of total expenditure in primary public institutions) rose 2.43 percentage points on 2019 (from 96.19% to 98.62%).
Across the 11 yearly changes before that (2009 to 2019), the average change was +4.42 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 15.74 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 47.71 percentage points in 2009 and the biggest yearly fall was 14.88 percentage points in 2013. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2011 to 2020 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 10% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
Closest to Guinea in the 2020 ranking
- Sri Lanka — 2nd of 2: 97.73%
What this measures
Current expenditure is expressed as a percentage of direct expenditure in public educational institutions (instructional and non-instructional) of the specified level of education. Financial aid to students and other transfers are excluded from direct expenditure. Current expenditure is consumed within the current year and would have to be renewed if needed in the following year. It includes staff compensation and current expenditure other than for staff compensation (ex. on teaching materials, ancillary services and administration).
Limitations: The indicator depends on comprehensive and accurate data regarding government expenditure by type and nature of spending. In some cases, data on total government expenditure on education only includes the Ministry of Education, excluding other ministries that may also allocate part of their budget to educational services.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a median.
All 13 values
| Year | Current education expenditure, primary (% of total expenditure in primary public institutions) |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 98.62 |
| 2019 | 96.19 |
| 2018 | 94.1 |
| 2017 | 94.1 |
| 2016 | 94.1 |
| 2015 | 94.1 |
| 2014 | 94.1 |
| 2013 | 80.73 |
| 2012 | 95.61 |
| 2011 | 97.23 |
Current education expenditure, primary (% of total expenditure in primary public institutions) in nearby economies
- Cabo Verde — 96.96% (2019)
- Côte d'Ivoire — 86.49% (2024)
- Mali — 99.39% (2021)
- Niger — 100% (2018)
- Rwanda — 79% (2024)
- Senegal — 98.83% (2022)
- Sierra Leone — 71.43% (2022)
- South Africa
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 current education expenditure, primary (% of total expenditure in primary public institutions)?
- 98.62% in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2008?
- It is up 51.11 percentage points from 47.51% in 2008. The highest value was 98.62% in 2020 and the lowest 47.51% in 2008.
- Is the latest change in current education expenditure, primary (% of total expenditure in primary public institutions) unusual for Guinea?
- In 2020, Guinea's current education expenditure, primary (% of total expenditure in primary public institutions) rose 2.43 percentage points on 2019 (from 96.19% to 98.62%). Across the 11 yearly changes before that (2009 to 2019), the average change was +4.42 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 15.74 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.XPD.CPRM.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API. 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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