Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 20-24 with no education in Ghana
Ghana: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 20-24 with no education was 21.6% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 20-24 with no education in Ghana, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 21.6% for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 20-24 with no education in 2010. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is down 42.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 20-24 with no education in Ghana peaked at 80.3% in 1965 and was at its lowest, 21.6%, in 2010.
Ghana ranks 25th of 144 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 20-24 with no education in Ghana, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 79.0% | — |
| 1965 | 80.3% | +1.6% |
| 1970 | 63.2% | -21.3% |
| 1975 | 49.3% | -22.1% |
| 1980 | 36.7% | -25.5% |
| 1985 | 42.5% | +15.7% |
| 1990 | 39.3% | -7.4% |
| 1995 | 37.8% | -3.9% |
| 2000 | 37.8% | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 28.2% | -25.4% |
| 2010 | 21.6% | -23.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 79.7% | 79.0% | 80.3% | 2 |
| 1970s | 56.2% | 49.3% | 63.2% | 2 |
| 1980s | 39.6% | 36.7% | 42.5% | 2 |
| 1990s | 38.6% | 37.8% | 39.3% | 2 |
| 2000s | 33.0% | 28.2% | 37.8% | 2 |
| 2010s | 21.6% | 21.6% | 21.6% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 22 Lao People's Democratic Republic 28.5% compare
- 23 Papua New Guinea 28.1% compare
- 24 Bahrain 22.5% compare
- 26 Brunei Darussalam 21.4% compare
- 27 Cameroon 20.1% compare
- 28 Egypt 19.4% compare
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 20-24 with no education in Ghana?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 20-24 with no education in Ghana was 21.6% 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 20-24 with no education recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 80.3% in 1965.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 20-24 with no education recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.6% in 2010.
- How does Ghana rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 20-24 with no education?
- Ghana ranks 25th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 20-24 with no education rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 20-24 with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 20-24 with no education