Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25-29 with primary in Ghana
Ghana: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25-29 with primary was 9.4% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25-29 with primary in Ghana, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 9.4% for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25-29 with primary in 2010.
The figure is down 32.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25-29 with primary in Ghana peaked at 13.8% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 2.1%, in 1960.
Ghana ranks 65th 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 25-29 with primary in Ghana, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 2.1% | — |
| 1965 | 5.4% | +159.1% |
| 1970 | 2.9% | -46.2% |
| 1975 | 4.4% | +50.3% |
| 1980 | 7.4% | +69.5% |
| 1985 | 10.4% | +40.2% |
| 1990 | 9.4% | -9.3% |
| 1995 | 10.6% | +12.7% |
| 2000 | 13.8% | +30.6% |
| 2005 | 9.7% | -29.7% |
| 2010 | 9.4% | -3.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.7% | 2.1% | 5.4% | 2 |
| 1970s | 3.6% | 2.9% | 4.4% | 2 |
| 1980s | 8.9% | 7.4% | 10.4% | 2 |
| 1990s | 10.0% | 9.4% | 10.6% | 2 |
| 2000s | 11.8% | 9.7% | 13.8% | 2 |
| 2010s | 9.4% | 9.4% | 9.4% | 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 25-29 with primary in Ghana?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25-29 with primary in Ghana was 9.4% 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 25-29 with primary recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 13.8% in 2000.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25-29 with primary recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.1% in 1960.
- How does Ghana rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25-29 with primary?
- Ghana ranks 65th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25-29 with primary rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.1%. 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 25-29 with primary schooling. Completed Primary. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 25-29 with primary schooling. Completed Primary