Education in Ghana 163 indicators covering education for Ghana. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population ages 15-64 60.8% 2025 up 4.7% 158th Population ages 0-14 35.4% 2025 down 8.2% 51st Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd School enrollment, primary 101.0% 2024 up 1.4% 97th Primary education, teachers 122,558 2024 down 10.5% 49th School enrollment, primary, female 100.7% 2024 up 2.2% 95th School enrollment, primary, male 101.3% 2024 up 0.7% 96th Labor force, total 13.25 million 2025 up 8.6% 46th Labor force, female 47.6% 2025 up 0.6% 48th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 1.02 GPI 2020 up 3.4% 28th School enrollment, secondary 75.7% 2024 up 18.4% 146th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 8.2 per 1,000 2024 down 11.8% 52nd Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 6.2 per 1,000 2024 down 20.5% 41st Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 4.5 per 1,000 2024 down 15.1% 27th Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 5.4 per 1,000 2024 down 25.0% 29th Secondary education, teachers 174,414 2024 up 21.8% 39th School enrollment, secondary, female 76.4% 2024 up 24.8% 148th School enrollment, secondary, male 75.0% 2024 up 12.6% 143rd School enrollment, tertiary 21.3% 2024 up 41.4% 130th School enrollment, primary, private 28.4% 2022 up 28.6% 40th School enrollment, preprimary 116.1% 2020 down 1.9% 5th School enrollment, tertiary, male 21.1% 2024 up 16.1% 115th School enrollment, tertiary, female 21.6% 2024 up 80.8% 133rd School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1 GPI 2020 up 13.6% 108th School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.02 GPI 2024 up 55.6% 138th Secondary education, teachers, female 54,230 2024 up 55.5% 55th Primary completion rate, female 98.1% 2024 up 11.6% 60th Primary completion rate, male 96.9% 2024 up 6.0% 72nd Government expenditure on education, total 2.9% 2022 down 63.3% 149th Secondary education, general pupils 2.77 million 2019 up 57.5% 33rd Lower secondary completion rate, total 85.1% 2024 up 29.9% 105th School enrollment, preprimary, female 117.2% 2020 down 2.6% 4th School enrollment, preprimary, male 115.1% 2020 down 1.3% 4th Persistence to last grade of primary, total 88.4% 2021 up 12.1% 104th Government expenditure on education, total 13.2% 2022 down 50.4% 87th Secondary education, general pupils 49.5% 2019 up 7.5% 122nd Lower secondary completion rate, female 86.2% 2024 up 38.2% 110th Lower secondary completion rate, male 84.1% 2024 up 22.4% 102nd Children out of school 4.8% 2024 down 49.8% 83rd Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Primary education, pupils 4.98 million 2024 up 21.1% 31st Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 91st Secondary education, pupils 3.33 million 2024 up 47.2% 36th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 85.4% 2021 up 3.8% 103rd Persistence to last grade of primary, male 91.4% 2021 up 7.4% 84th Secondary education, vocational pupils 76,770 2019 up 53.4% 78th Number of under-five deaths, male 17,909 2024 down 32.8% 34th Number of under-five deaths, female 13,811 2024 down 34.4% 36th Number of infant deaths, male 13,875 2024 down 28.8% 33rd Number of infant deaths, female 10,518 2024 down 29.8% 36th Children out of school, female 4.1% 2024 down 60.0% 104th Children out of school, male 5.4% 2024 down 38.4% 86th Secondary education, vocational pupils 26.7% 2019 down 29.7% 164th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 103.9% 2019 down 3.8% 76th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 3.0% 2025 down 56.2% 147th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 3.2% 2025 down 51.0% 150th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 2.8% 2025 down 60.7% 146th Primary education, teachers 50.2% 2024 up 31.2% 169th Repeaters, primary, total 1.8% 2018 down 72.2% 104th Page 1 of 3 Next →