Primary school completion rate in Guyana

The primary completion rate in Guyana was 104.3% in 2012. The value for 2012 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1971.

Measure: Primary school completion rate Unit: % of the relevant age group Data: 1971 to 2012 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Guyana is for 2012. Most countries have figures for 2023.
Guyana, 2012 104.3% % of the relevant age group
Change from 2011 +1.8percentage points 2011: 102.5%
World, 2012 88.1% Official aggregate

Primary school completion rate in Guyana over time

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% of the relevant age group. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Primary school completion rate (% of the relevant age group), 2001 to 2024
Period GuyanaWorld
2024 – 88.0%
2023 – 87.3%
2022 – 91.1%
2021 – 88.7%
2020 – 88.0%
2019 – 87.9%
2018 – 88.1%
2017 – 88.2%
2016 – 88.5%
2015 – 87.9%
2014 – 88.1%
2013 – 88.3%
2012 104.3% 88.1%
2011 102.5% 87.8%
2010 95.4% 88.5%
2009 99.8% 89.0%
2008 96.7% 88.2%
2007 96.1% 86.5%
2006 98.5% 85.3%
2005 97.3% 85.0%
2004 – 84.2%
2003 73.8% 83.5%
2002 – 83.3%
2001 84.9% 82.7%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.8 percentage points from 102.5% in 2011.
  • Since 2000, when it was 99.3%, the figure has changed by +5.1 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2012 was 88.1%.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.PRM.CMPT.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1971 to 2012 for Guyana
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics