Education in Ghana

163 indicators covering education for Ghana.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Persistence to grade 5, total 92.4% 2021 up 4.9% 82nd
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 4,492 2024 down 13.0% 25th
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 3,565 2024 up 4.0% 27th
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 4,344 2024 down 0.5% 32nd
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 5,119 2024 up 5.4% 36th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 104.5% 2019 down 3.6% 75th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 103.3% 2019 down 4.0% 78th
Share of the population with no formal education with projections 0.4% 2100 down 41.9% 99th
Number of adults with no formal education by region 258,400 people 2100 down 40.9% 43rd
Population by level of education 12.46 million people 2100 up 18.2% 50th
Repeaters, primary, female 1.7% 2018 down 71.7% 98th
Repeaters, primary, male 1.9% 2018 down 72.7% 105th
School enrollment, secondary, private 15.4% 2024 down 5.3% 82nd
School enrollment, primary 86.2% 2019 up 19.1% 144th
Trained teachers in primary education 89.3% 2024 up 70.5% 83rd
Over-age students, primary 15.4% 2018 down 40.8% 35th
Secondary education, teachers 31.1% 2024 up 27.7% 170th
School enrollment, primary, female 86.6% 2019 up 19.5% 121st
School enrollment, primary, male 85.7% 2019 up 18.6% 125th
Over-age students, primary, male 15.5% 2018 down 42.3% 37th
Over-age students, primary, female 15.3% 2018 down 39.0% 30th
Compulsory education, duration 11 years 2025 unchanged 62nd
Progression to secondary school 93.7% 2017 down 6.2% 111th
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary 86.7% 2019 up 3.1% 145th
Trained teachers in primary education, female 89.8% 2024 up 41.4% 83rd
Trained teachers in primary education, male 88.8% 2024 up 95.2% 75th
Primary education, pupils 49.3% 2019 up 1.6% 32nd
Tertiary education, academic staff 25.5% 2024 up 30.8% 142nd
Persistence to grade 5, female 89.3% 2021 up 1.9% 89th
Persistence to grade 5, male 95.5% 2021 up 7.8% 53rd
School enrollment, secondary 57.2% 2019 up 34.6% 119th
Preprimary education, duration 5 years 2025 unchanged 61st
Progression to secondary school, male 92.7% 2017 down 7.2% 109th
School enrollment, secondary, female 57.9% 2019 up 42.3% 116th
School enrollment, secondary, male 56.6% 2019 up 27.8% 116th
Progression to secondary school, female 94.8% 2017 down 5.2% 98th
Expenditure on tertiary education 18.3% 2014 down 6.5% 92nd
Literacy rate, youth female 91.3% 2021 up 7.9% 75th
Children out of school, primary 235,313 2024 down 40.1% 36th
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female 87.2% 2019 up 3.4% 123rd
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, male 86.2% 2019 up 2.8% 126th
Literacy rate, youth (ages 15-24), gender parity index 0.9218 GPI 2022 down 1.9% 80th
Literacy rate, youth male 91.7% 2021 up 3.9% 69th
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 26.99 2019 down 18.5% 53rd
Literacy rate, youth total 91.5% 2021 up 6.8% 67th
Expenditure on secondary education 37.0% 2014 up 8.3% 54th
Expenditure on primary education 21.7% 2014 down 45.4% 128th
Secondary education, pupils 48.9% 2019 up 6.7% 110th
Children out of school, primary, female 99,325 2024 down 52.3% 41st
Children out of school, primary, male 135,989 2024 down 26.4% 38th
Literacy rate, adult total 76.5% 2021 up 7.0% 64th
Literacy rate, adult male 81.3% 2021 up 3.8% 65th
Trained teachers in preprimary education 87.7% 2024 up 113.1% 60th
Trained teachers in secondary education 82.9% 2024 up 14.7% 68th
Adolescents out of school 5.2% 2024 down 69.1% 99th
Current education expenditure, total 91.4% 2014 up 2.5% 70th
Current education expenditure, primary 93.1% 2014 up 8.1% 69th
Current education expenditure, secondary 96.5% 2014 up 6.8% 39th
Trained teachers in preprimary education, female 87.4% 2024 up 109.2% 61st
Trained teachers in secondary education, female 78.6% 2024 down 4.3% 70th