Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 20-24 with secondary in Ghana
Ghana: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 20-24 with secondary was 63.5% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 20-24 with secondary in Ghana, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/. Measured in Incomplete and Completed Secondary.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 20-24 with secondary in Ghana is 63.5%, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 43.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 20-24 with secondary in Ghana peaked at 63.5% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 1.1%, in 1960.
Ghana ranks 67th 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 20-24 with secondary in Ghana, year by year
| Year | Incomplete and Completed Secondary | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 1.1% | — |
| 1965 | 12.6% | +1045.5% |
| 1970 | 27.0% | +114.3% |
| 1975 | 34.6% | +28.2% |
| 1980 | 42.1% | +21.8% |
| 1985 | 39.0% | -7.4% |
| 1990 | 40.6% | +4.2% |
| 1995 | 37.6% | -7.5% |
| 2000 | 44.4% | +18.1% |
| 2005 | 56.4% | +26.9% |
| 2010 | 63.5% | +12.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.8% | 1.1% | 12.6% | 2 |
| 1970s | 30.8% | 27.0% | 34.6% | 2 |
| 1980s | 40.6% | 39.0% | 42.1% | 2 |
| 1990s | 39.1% | 37.6% | 40.6% | 2 |
| 2000s | 50.4% | 44.4% | 56.4% | 2 |
| 2010s | 63.5% | 63.5% | 63.5% | 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 20-24 with secondary in Ghana?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 20-24 with secondary in Ghana was 63.5% 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 20-24 with secondary recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 63.5% in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 20-24 with secondary recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.1% in 1960.
- How does Ghana rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 20-24 with secondary?
- Ghana ranks 67th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 20-24 with secondary rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.0%. 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 20-24 with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 20-24 with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary)