Guyana
Latin America & Caribbean · High income· 831K inhabitants
Last updated: November 11, 2025
Futures readiness profile
Key insights: Guyana
Guyana lags behind global peers in Innovation (27, 17th percentile) and School Access and Gender Parity (20, 32nd percentile). The remaining dimensions are closer to the global average, but none demonstrate global leadership or advanced futures readiness. Broad-based, high-impact interventions are needed to drive overall education futures readiness and resilience.
Composite GEFRI Score
39.19
32nd percentile
Higher scores indicate greater education futures readiness
Component scores
School Access and Gender Parity19.99
Below global avg. · 32nd %-tile
Governance43.94
Near the global average · 49th %-tile
Captures the effectiveness and quality of policies, regulations, and governance that shape the educational environment.
Innovation26.89
Below global avg. · 17th %-tile
Reflects a country’s capacity to foster, produce, and apply new knowledge and technology in society and education.
Human Capital44.45
Near the global average · 35th %-tile
Assesses the educational attainment and capacity of a country’s population, focusing on access and completion at secondary and tertiary levels as well as literacy.
Infrastructure60.66
Near the global average · 43rd %-tile
Measures the availability and quality of basic digital and electrical infrastructure that supports education.
Regional peers: Latin America & Caribbean
| Global rank | Regional rank | Country | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | 1 | Chile | 70.30 |
| 41 | 2 | Argentina | 64.11 |
| 47 | 3 | Uruguay | 62.66 |
| — | — | Cayman Islands(microstate) | 61.05 |
| — | — | Antigua and Barbuda(microstate) | 58.25 |
| — | — | St. Kitts and Nevis(microstate) | 57.01 |
| 71 | 4 | Peru | 56.70 |
| — | — | Grenada(microstate) | 56.11 |
| — | — | Curacao(microstate) | 55.76 |
| 76 | 5 | Colombia | 55.16 |
| — | — | Turks and Caicos Islands(microstate) | 55.04 |
| 78 | 6 | Mexico | 54.55 |
| — | — | Virgin Islands (U.S.)(microstate) | 54.14 |
| 80 | 7 | Brazil | 53.97 |
| — | — | Aruba(microstate) | 53.59 |
| 83 | 8 | Puerto Rico (US) | 53.48 |
| — | — | St. Vincent and the Grenadines(microstate) | 53.30 |
| — | — | St. Martin (French part)(microstate) | 53.13 |
| — | — | Barbados(microstate) | 52.65 |
| 87 | 9 | Cuba | 52.63 |
| — | — | Dominica(microstate) | 52.41 |
| — | — | Sint Maarten (Dutch part)(microstate) | 52.30 |
| 90 | 10 | Bahamas, The | 51.83 |
| 92 | 11 | Ecuador | 50.69 |
| — | — | St. Lucia(microstate) | 50.48 |
| 94 | 12 | Dominican Republic | 50.29 |
| 97 | 13 | Costa Rica | 49.74 |
| 99 | 14 | Bolivia | 49.60 |
| 102 | 15 | Jamaica | 48.63 |
| 107 | 16 | Panama | 46.94 |
| — | — | British Virgin Islands(microstate) | 46.10 |
| 109 | 17 | Belize | 46.00 |
| 110 | 18 | Paraguay | 45.50 |
| 113 | 19 | Trinidad and Tobago | 44.26 |
| 114 | 20 | Venezuela, RB | 44.03 |
| 121 | 21 | Guyana | 39.19 |
| 123 | 22 | El Salvador | 37.15 |
| 125 | 23 | Suriname | 36.81 |
| 131 | 24 | Honduras | 33.35 |
| 136 | 25 | Guatemala | 31.21 |
| 137 | 26 | Nicaragua | 30.92 |
| 157 | 27 | Haiti | 24.35 |