Upper secondary completion in Guyana

In Guyana, 61.8% of young people had completed upper secondary school by the expected age in 2019.

Measure: Completion rate, upper secondary education Unit: % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age Data: 2000 to 2019 Source: UNESCO UIS
Guyana, 2019 61.8% % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age
Change from 2014 +5.6percentage points 2014: 56.1%
Position in 2019 47th of 68 See the full ranking

Upper secondary completion in Guyana over time

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% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final 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, upper secondary education (% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age), 2000 to 2019
Period Guyana
2019 61.8%
2014 56.1%
2009 55.5%
2006 49.5%
2000 42.5%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 56.1% in 2014, a change of +5.6 percentage points.
  • Since 2000, when it was 42.5%, the figure has changed by +19.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 68 countries with data for 2019, Guyana has the 47th highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
CR.3 · 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