Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Ghana
Ghana: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary was 9.3% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Ghana, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 9.3% for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in 2010.
That represents a change of up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Ghana peaked at 10.6% in 1995 and was at its lowest, 2.9%, in 1970.
Ghana ranks 95th 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: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Ghana, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 3.5% | — |
| 1965 | 3.1% | -11.6% |
| 1970 | 2.9% | -6.4% |
| 1975 | 5.0% | +70.2% |
| 1980 | 5.4% | +9.3% |
| 1985 | 7.6% | +39.6% |
| 1990 | 9.1% | +19.9% |
| 1995 | 10.6% | +16.7% |
| 2000 | 9.2% | -13.2% |
| 2005 | 9.6% | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 9.3% | -2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.3% | 3.1% | 3.5% | 2 |
| 1970s | 3.9% | 2.9% | 5.0% | 2 |
| 1980s | 6.5% | 5.4% | 7.6% | 2 |
| 1990s | 9.8% | 9.1% | 10.6% | 2 |
| 2000s | 9.4% | 9.2% | 9.6% | 2 |
| 2010s | 9.3% | 9.3% | 9.3% | 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+ with primary in Ghana?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Ghana was 9.3% 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+ with primary recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 10.6% in 1995.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.9% in 1970.
- How does Ghana rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary?
- Ghana ranks 95th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. 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+ with primary schooling. Completed Primary. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary schooling. Completed Primary