What is the difference in enrolment in primary education, female between Ghana and Madagascar?

80,880 number, with Madagascar ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Madagascar?

41 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2019.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Enrolment in primary education, female (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Ghana vs Madagascar: Enrolment in primary education, female

Ghana

2.24 million number

in 2019

Madagascar

2.32 million number

in 2019

Ghana rank

33rd

Madagascar rank

31st

Enrolment in primary education, female over time

Ghana
Madagascar

How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 2.32 million number against 2.24 million number in Ghana, a difference of 80,880 number.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 41 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Madagascar ahead.

Ghana ranks 33rd and Madagascar ranks 31st of 203 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 1 and Madagascar in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ghana	Madagascar	Difference	Ahead
1970s	490,915 number	539,175 number	48,261 number	Madagascar
1980s	674,298 number	786,450 number	112,152 number	Madagascar
1990s	943,350 number	777,957 number	165,394 number	Ghana
2000s	1.42 million number	1.60 million number	185,144 number	Madagascar
2010s	2.07 million number	2.29 million number	212,905 number	Madagascar

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher enrolment in primary education, female, Ghana or Madagascar?: Madagascar, at 2.32 million number against 2.24 million number in Ghana as of 2019.
What is the difference in enrolment in primary education, female between Ghana and Madagascar?: 80,880 number, with Madagascar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Madagascar?: 41 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2019.
How do Ghana and Madagascar rank globally for enrolment in primary education, female?: Ghana ranks 33rd and Madagascar ranks 31st of 203 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Enrolment in primary education, female (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Enrolment in primary education, female (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 248 places, 9,587 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed: 21 August 2026

Total number of female students enrolled in public and private primary education institutions regardless of age.