Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index was 1.18 index in 2025. ▲ Rising
Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Guinea-Bissau, 1981–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
The most recent figure for primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Guinea-Bissau is 1.18 index, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 14.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 1.18 index in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.3296 index, in 1981.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 10th of 165 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.4065 index | 0.3296 index | 0.4866 index | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.5919 index | 0.5075 index | 0.6712 index | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.772 index | 0.6902 index | 0.8721 index | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.01 index | 0.8977 index | 1.1 index | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.15 index | 1.11 index | 1.18 index | 6 |
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More gender data for Guinea-Bissau
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 30,905 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 31,871 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 30,253 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 31,136 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 29,772 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 30,621 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 29,362 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 30,180 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 28,987 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 29,778 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Guinea-Bissau?
- Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Guinea-Bissau was 1.18 index in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 1.18 index in 2025.
- What is the lowest primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3296 index in 1981.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 10th out of 165 countries with data for 2025.
- Is primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guinea-Bissau data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equal primary school completion rates between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and values above 1 favor girls.