Share of children out of school — all countries

Share of children out of school — Guinea-Bissau

Share of children out of school in Guinea-Bissau in 2010 — 30.55%. Ranked 117 in the world out of 125. Since 1981, the indicator has fallen by 30.67 pp.

2010 30.55% −20.21 pp vs 2000
World rank 117of 125
Period maximum 62.17%1988
Period minimum 30.55%2010

Trend over time

1981–2010 · % of primary school-age children

Share of children out of school — Guinea-Bissau, 1981–20103040506070198119841987199019931996199920022005200820101981: 61.22%1982: 53.66%1984: 55.56%1985: 55.29%1987: 61.67%1988: 62.17%2000: 50.76%2010: 30.55%
Change over the period: −30.67 pp Annual average: -1.06 pp

Comparison, 2010

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

Guinea-Bissau 30.55%
Western Africa computed 36.46%
Share of children out of school — Guinea-Bissau, by year Guinea-Bissau All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2010 30.55
2000 50.76
1988 62.17 +0.5 pp
1987 61.67
1985 55.29 −0.27 pp
1984 55.56
1982 53.66 −7.56 pp
1981 61.22

About the indicator

The share of children of primary school age not attending school. Unlike the absolute count, the indicator speaks to the state of the education system in a country, and it shows that the task does not reduce to poverty: at comparable income the shares differ severalfold, and the highest values come from countries where schooling is obstructed by conflict or by a nomadic way of life.

Important: The aggregate is weighted by the number of children aged 0–14: total population is the wrong weight here — the share of children differs fourfold across countries.

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