Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary in Ghana
Ghana: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary was 15.5% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary in Ghana, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary in Ghana is 15.5%, measured in 2010.
That represents a change of down 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary in Ghana peaked at 26.4% in 1995 and was at its lowest, 7.1%, in 1970.
That places Ghana 68th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary in Ghana, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 8.8% | — |
| 1965 | 7.9% | -9.7% |
| 1970 | 7.1% | -10.4% |
| 1975 | 15.8% | +122.6% |
| 1980 | 11.1% | -29.7% |
| 1985 | 18.8% | +69.4% |
| 1990 | 21.7% | +15.6% |
| 1995 | 26.4% | +21.5% |
| 2000 | 17.1% | -35.3% |
| 2005 | 17.4% | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 15.5% | -11.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8.3% | 7.9% | 8.8% | 2 |
| 1970s | 11.4% | 7.1% | 15.8% | 2 |
| 1980s | 14.9% | 11.1% | 18.8% | 2 |
| 1990s | 24.1% | 21.7% | 26.4% | 2 |
| 2000s | 17.3% | 17.1% | 17.4% | 2 |
| 2010s | 15.5% | 15.5% | 15.5% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
More education data for Ghana
- 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)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1448 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary in Ghana?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary in Ghana was 15.5% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 26.4% in 1995.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.1% in 1970.
- How does Ghana rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary?
- Ghana ranks 68th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.4%. 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: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary schooling. Completed Primary. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary schooling. Completed Primary