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.