Composite GEFRI Score
Systemwide critical constraints
Guinea shows critically low readiness to meet the challenges and opportunities of education in a rapidly changing world (8th percentile worldwide). Core capabilities are weak across most dimensions, and essential systems face significant constraints.
- Global percentile
- 8th
- Global rank
- #164
- Regional rank
- #35
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Country profile
Guinea faces substantial readiness constraints across core dimensions. Its weakest results are in Infrastructure (42, 12th percentile), Human Capital (30, 3rd percentile), Innovation (29, 16th percentile), GEFRI Composite (28, 8th percentile), Governance (26, 16th percentile) and School Access and Gender Parity (15, 10th percentile). These gaps continue to weigh on overall readiness.
Uneven scores across dimensions show where readiness conditions are less aligned. Limited electricity or internet coverage still constrains classrooms, preventing large-scale digital instruction. Literacy or tertiary enrollment gaps thin the talent pipeline and limit the country’s capacity to develop future-ready skills.
Sparse R&D investment and a small research workforce slow experimentation and delay new ideas from reaching learners. Policy execution and regulatory capacity remain weak, leaving reforms fragmented and hard to sustain. Gender parity leans toward boys in secondary pathways, signalling persistent barriers for girls.
Some indicators are imputed, so the profile should be read with moderate caution.
Key insights
Falls below many peers at the 8th percentile.
Places 164th worldwide.
Holds a regional position of 35th within Sub-Saharan Africa.
Scores range from Infrastructure (42.3) to Access & Parity (14.6), reflecting variation across dimensions.
Trails regional peers most clearly in Human Capital.
Regional peers: Sub-Saharan Africa
Composite GEFRI Score
| Global rank | Regional rank | Country | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | 1 | Mauritius | 69.13 |
| 67 | 2 | South Africa | 68.78 |
| — | — | SeychellesMicrostate | 64.14 |
| 86 | 3 | Botswana | 63.01 |
| 97 | 4 | Namibia | 59.03 |
| 100 | 5 | Ghana | 58.00 |
| 115 | 6 | Eswatini | 49.17 |
| 116 | 7 | Cabo Verde | 49.06 |
| 123 | 8 | Rwanda | 44.81 |
| 127 | 9 | Gambia, The | 43.01 |
| 128 | 10 | Kenya | 42.93 |
| 129 | 11 | Senegal | 42.87 |
| 130 | 12 | Gabon | 42.59 |
| 132 | 13 | Equatorial Guinea | 41.26 |
| 133 | 14 | Cote d'Ivoire | 41.19 |
| 139 | 15 | Zambia | 38.11 |
| 140 | 16 | Lesotho | 37.98 |
| — | — | Sao Tome and PrincipeFCSMicrostate | 37.69 |
| 141 | 17 | Togo | 37.61 |
| 144 | 18 | Benin | 36.56 |
| 145 | 19 | Zimbabwe | 36.55 |
| 146 | 20 | Tanzania | 35.55 |
| 147 | 21 | CameroonFCS | 35.16 |
| 149 | 22 | Mauritania | 34.17 |
| 150 | 23 | Sierra Leone | 33.62 |
| 151 | 24 | ComorosFCS | 33.36 |
| 152 | 25 | Burkina FasoFCS | 32.56 |
| 153 | 26 | Congo, Rep.FCS | 32.39 |
| 154 | 27 | Uganda | 32.27 |
| 155 | 28 | Angola | 32.18 |
| 157 | 29 | NigeriaFCS | 31.67 |
| 158 | 30 | MozambiqueFCS | 30.55 |
| 159 | 31 | MalawiFCS | 30.35 |
| 160 | 32 | EthiopiaFCS | 30.26 |
| 161 | 33 | MaliFCS | 29.69 |
| 162 | 34 | Madagascar | 29.63 |
| 164 | 35 | Guinea | 28.36 |
| 165 | 36 | Guinea-BissauFCS | 28.36 |
| 168 | 37 | Liberia | 24.94 |
| 169 | 38 | NigerFCS | 24.54 |
| 170 | 39 | Burundi | 24.53 |
| 171 | 40 | Congo, Dem. Rep.FCS | 24.39 |
| 172 | 41 | SudanFCS | 23.03 |
| 173 | 42 | EritreaFCS | 21.02 |
| 174 | 43 | ChadFCS | 20.62 |
| 175 | 44 | Central African RepublicFCS | 20.44 |
| 176 | 45 | SomaliaFCS | 20.32 |
| 177 | 46 | South SudanFCS | 18.91 |