Education of Guyana

Adult literacy rate in Guyana is 91.8%. Government expenditure on education is 6.1% of GDP. The education index of Guyana is 0.582 - formal education levels in the country are average, but most of the population has a secondary school education at least; higher education is possible and not uncommon. People in Guyana speak the English language.

English language

In Guyana, around 1% of the population or 680,000 people speak English. 650,000 of Guyana's population call English their first language. 30,000 of Guyana's population use English as either foreign or second language.