Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 15-19, female in Ghana
Ghana: Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 15-19, female was 2.85 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 15-19, female in Ghana, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15-19, female in Ghana is 2.85, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 36.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15-19, female in Ghana peaked at 2.85 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.08, in 1960.
Ghana ranks 84th of 144 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 15-19, female in Ghana, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.08 | — |
| 1965 | 1.2 | +1400.0% |
| 1970 | 2.52 | +110.0% |
| 1975 | 2.55 | +1.2% |
| 1980 | 2.39 | -6.3% |
| 1985 | 1.95 | -18.4% |
| 1990 | 1.49 | -23.6% |
| 1995 | 1.2 | -19.5% |
| 2000 | 2.09 | +74.2% |
| 2005 | 2.26 | +8.1% |
| 2010 | 2.85 | +26.1% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 2.85 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2.15, 1.3× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 2.85 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.02, 2.8× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.64 | 0.08 | 1.2 | 2 |
| 1970s | 2.54 | 2.52 | 2.55 | 2 |
| 1980s | 2.17 | 1.95 | 2.39 | 2 |
| 1990s | 1.34 | 1.2 | 1.49 | 2 |
| 2000s | 2.17 | 2.09 | 2.26 | 2 |
| 2010s | 2.85 | 2.85 | 2.85 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
More education data for Ghana
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 95.93 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 95.23 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 174,414 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 39,902 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 949,095 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 913,117 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 3.33 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 4.98 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.6567 % change on previous year (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15-19, female in Ghana?
- Barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15-19, female in Ghana was 2.85 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15-19, female recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 2.85 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15-19, female recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.08 in 1960.
- How does Ghana rank for barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15-19, female?
- Ghana ranks 84th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15-19, female rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 15-19, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of secondary schooling, 15-19, female is the average years of secondary education completed among females age 15-19.