Children out of school — all countries

Children out of school — Guyana

Children out of school in Guyana in 2023 — 17,362 people. Ranked 80 in the world out of 148. Since 1971, the indicator has risen by 11.1%.

2023 17,362 people +12.21% vs 2021
World rank 80of 148
Period maximum 17,362 people2023
Period minimum 291 people2012

Trend over time

1971–2023 · people

Children out of school — Guyana, 1971–202305,00010,00015,00020,00019711977198319891995200120072013201920231971: 15,632 people1972: 15,736 people1974: 14,434 people1976: 16,670 people1977: 7,447 people1979: 9,745 people1982: 11,621 people1991: 8,264 people1992: 9,899 people1993: 11,007 people1995: 9,282 people1996: 12,190 people2003: 9,473 people2008: 675 people2009: 5,425 people2010: 523 people2011: 325 people2012: 291 people2020: 13,008 people2021: 15,473 people2023: 17,362 people
Change over the period: +1,730 (+11.07%) Average annual rate: 0.2 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Guyana 17,362 people
World computed 44.51M people
Latin America & Caribbean computed 1.31M people
South America computed 356,363 people
High-income countries computed 878,264 people
Children out of school — Guyana, by year Guyana All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2023 17,362
2021 15,473 +2,465 +18.95%
2020 13,008
2012 291 −34 −10.57%
2011 325 −198 −37.9%
2010 523 −4,902 −90.35%
2009 5,425 +4,750 +703.7%
2008 675
2003 9,473
1996 12,190 +2,908 +31.33%
1995 9,282
1993 11,007 +1,108 +11.19%
1992 9,899 +1,635 +19.78%
1991 8,264
1982 11,621
1979 9,745
1977 7,447 −9,223 −55.33%
1976 16,670
1974 14,434
1972 15,736 +104 +0.67%
1971 15,632

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.