Ghana vs Yemen: Share of the population with tertiary education
Ghana
4.0%
in 2020
Yemen
3.8%
in 2020
Ghana rank
87th
Yemen rank
90th
Share of the population with tertiary education over time
- Ghana
- Yemen
How they compare
Ghana currently reports 4.0% against 3.8% in Yemen, a difference of 0.2%.
That makes Ghana's figure about 1.1 times Yemen's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 31 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Yemen ahead.
Ghana ranks 87th and Yemen ranks 90th of 111 countries.
Ghana has averaged higher in every one of the 16 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1880s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1890s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1900s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1910s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1920s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Ghana |
| 1930s | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.2% | Ghana |
| 1940s | 0.5% | 0.0% | 0.5% | Ghana |
| 1950s | 0.6% | 0.0% | 0.6% | Ghana |
| 1960s | 0.6% | 0.0% | 0.6% | Ghana |
| 1970s | 0.6% | 0.0% | 0.6% | Ghana |
| 1980s | 1.5% | 0.1% | 1.4% | Ghana |
| 1990s | 3.0% | 0.7% | 2.2% | Ghana |
| 2000s | 3.6% | 1.8% | 1.8% | Ghana |
| 2010s | 3.5% | 3.0% | 0.5% | Ghana |
| 2020s | 4.0% | 3.8% | 0.2% | Ghana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of the population with tertiary education, Ghana or Yemen?
- Ghana, at 4.0% against 3.8% in Yemen as of 2020.
- What is the difference in share of the population with tertiary education between Ghana and Yemen?
- 0.2%, with Ghana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Yemen?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2020.
- How do Ghana and Yemen rank globally for share of the population with tertiary education?
- Ghana ranks 87th and Yemen ranks 90th of 111 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Barro and Lee (2015); Lee and Lee (2016) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of the population with tertiary education. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Percentage of the population aged 25 to 65 years who have either completed or partially completed tertiary education.