Ghana vs India: Share of the population with at least some formal education

Ghana

84.1%

in 2020

India

79.4%

in 2020

Ghana rank

90th

India rank

93rd

Share of the population with at least some formal education over time

Ghana currently reports 84.1% against 79.4% in India, a difference of 4.7%.

That makes Ghana's figure about 1.1 times India's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 31 shared years of data; in 1870 it was India ahead.

Ghana ranks 90th and India ranks 93rd of 111 countries.

Indicator: Share of the population with at least some formal education
Unit: %
Source: Barro and Lee (2015); Lee and Lee (2016) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 111 places, 3,441 data points, 1870–2020
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Based on the population aged 15 years and older.