Primary completion (UIS) in Guyana

In Guyana, 98.2% of children had completed primary school by the expected age in 2019.

Measure: Completion rate, primary education Unit: % of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age Data: 2000 to 2019 Source: UNESCO UIS
Guyana, 2019 98.2% % of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age
Change from 2014 +0.7percentage points 2014: 97.5%
Position in 2019 30th of 61 See the full ranking

Primary completion (UIS) in Guyana over time

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% of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Completion rate, primary education (% of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age), 2000 to 2019
Period Guyana
2019 98.2%
2014 97.5%
2009 95.1%
2006 93.7%
2000 96.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 97.5% in 2014, a change of +0.7 percentage points.
  • Since 2000, when it was 96.3%, the figure has changed by +1.9 percentage points.
  • Among the 61 countries with data for 2019, Guyana has the 30th highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
CR.1 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2019 for Guyana
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org