Literacy rate — all countries

Literacy rate — Guinea

Literacy rate in Guinea in 2018 — 39.62%. Ranked 46 in the world out of 49. Since 1996, the indicator has risen by 19.07 pp.

2018 39.62% +7.62 pp vs 2014
World rank 46of 49
Period maximum 39.62%2018
Period minimum 20.55%1996

Trend over time

1996–2018 · % of population aged 15+

Literacy rate — Guinea, 1996–20182025303540199619992002200520082011201420171996: 20.55%2003: 29.7%2010: 25.31%2014: 32%2018: 39.62%
Change over the period: +19.07 pp Annual average: 0.87 pp

Comparison, 2018

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Guinea

Guinea 39.62%
World 86.76%
Literacy rate — Guinea, by year Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2018 39.62
2014 32
2010 25.31
2003 29.7
1996 20.55

Western Africa, 2018

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of the population aged 15 and older able to read and write a short simple statement about their everyday life. The UNESCO definition is deliberately minimal — it is the threshold of functional literacy, not an assessment of the quality of education. In most countries the data come from censuses and surveys, so they are updated irregularly.

Important: The series is incomplete: values are published only for the years in which a census or a literacy survey was conducted.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.