Primary net enrolment in Guyana
In Guyana, 82.0% of children of primary school age were enrolled in school in 2023.
Guyana, 2023
82.0%
Change from 2021
+2.0percentage points
Position in 2023
138th of 157
Primary net enrolment in Guyana over time
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% of children of primary school age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Guyana |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 82.0% |
| 2021 | 80.0% |
| 2020 | 81.0% |
| 2019 | 83.9% |
| 2012 | 99.7% |
| 2011 | 99.7%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
| 2010 | 99.5% |
| 2009 | 94.7%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
| 2008 | 99.4%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
| 2003 | 91.8% |
Flags: uis_est UIS estimate . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- The previous available figure was 80.0% in 2021, a change of +2.0 percentage points.
- Since 1996, when it was 88.4%, the figure has changed by −6.3 percentage points.
- Among the 157 countries with data for 2023, Guyana has the 138th highest value.
More for Guyana
All statistics for Guyana
Out-of-school children
18.0%
2023 · UNESCO UIS
Primary school enrolment (gross)
97.6%
2024 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
43.0%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Primary completion (UIS)
98.2%
2019 · UNESCO UIS
Lower secondary completion
83.0%
2019 · UNESCO UIS
Upper secondary completion
61.8%
2019 · UNESCO UIS