Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 40-44 with no education in Ghana
Ghana: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 40-44 with no education was 40.2% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 40-44 with no education in Ghana, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 40.2% for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 40-44 with no education in 2010.
That represents a change of up 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 40-44 with no education in Ghana peaked at 93.7% in 1965 and was at its lowest, 37.8%, in 2000.
That places Ghana 29th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it 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 40-44 with no education in Ghana, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 93.6% | — |
| 1965 | 93.7% | +0.1% |
| 1970 | 90.5% | -3.4% |
| 1975 | 90.4% | -0.1% |
| 1980 | 80.3% | -11.2% |
| 1985 | 80.3% | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 63.2% | -21.3% |
| 1995 | 41.6% | -34.2% |
| 2000 | 37.8% | -9.0% |
| 2005 | 40.2% | +6.3% |
| 2010 | 40.2% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 93.6% | 93.6% | 93.7% | 2 |
| 1970s | 90.5% | 90.4% | 90.5% | 2 |
| 1980s | 80.3% | 80.3% | 80.3% | 2 |
| 1990s | 52.4% | 41.6% | 63.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 39.0% | 37.8% | 40.2% | 2 |
| 2010s | 40.2% | 40.2% | 40.2% | 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 40-44 with no education in Ghana?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 40-44 with no education in Ghana was 40.2% 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 40-44 with no education recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 93.7% in 1965.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 40-44 with no education recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 37.8% in 2000.
- How does Ghana rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 40-44 with no education?
- Ghana ranks 29th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 40-44 with no education rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.3%. 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 40-44 with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 40-44 with no education