Children out of school — all countries

Children out of school — Guinea-Bissau

Children out of school in Guinea-Bissau in 2010 — 75,097 people. Ranked 90 in the world out of 126. Since 1981, the indicator has fallen by 8.2%.

2010 75,097 people −25.55% vs 2000
World rank 90of 126
Period maximum 100,866 people2000
Period minimum 74,078 people1982

Trend over time

1981–2010 · people

Children out of school — Guinea-Bissau, 1981–201070,00080,00090,000100,000110,000198119841987199019931996199920022005200820101981: 81,764 people1982: 74,078 people1984: 80,913 people1985: 82,013 people1987: 93,226 people1988: 95,033 people2000: 100,866 people2010: 75,097 people
Change over the period: −6,667 (−8.15%) Average annual rate: -0.29 %

Comparison, 2010

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

Guinea-Bissau 75,097 people
Western Africa computed 15.11M people
Children out of school — Guinea-Bissau, by year Guinea-Bissau All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2010 75,097
2000 100,866
1988 95,033 +1,807 +1.94%
1987 93,226
1985 82,013 +1,100 +1.36%
1984 80,913
1982 74,078 −7,686 −9.4%
1981 81,764

About the indicator

The number of children of primary school age who attend neither primary nor secondary school. The absolute count answers the question of the scale of the task rather than of the state of a country, and for that reason it diverges from the share: a large part of all out-of-school children in the world lives in a few big countries where the share is low, not in those where the share is high. Both numbers matter for planning, and together they produce different lists of priorities.

Important: Primary school age only. Adolescents who do not attend secondary school are not part of this series, although there are more of them.

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