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Guam Education Statistics (2026)

1970

1990

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics · Updated May 2026

1970

1990

What to know

In Guam, adult literacy in 1990 stood at 99.4%, reflecting effectively universal literacy.

Adult Literacy

99.4%

Youth Literacy

99.9%

Key terms

Literacy rate: — Percentage of population who can read and write a short, simple statement about everyday life.
Gross enrollment ratio: — Total enrollment in a level of education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the eligible school-age population.
Completion rate: — Percentage of a cohort of children who complete a given level of education.
Out-of-school rate: — Percentage of children of official school age who are not enrolled in school.
Pupil-teacher ratio: — Average number of pupils per teacher at a given level of education.
Educational attainment: — Highest level of education completed by the population aged 25 and over.

Adult literacy was 99.4% in 1990.

Guam had achieved near-universal literacy.