Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 50-54 with no education in Ghana
Ghana: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 50-54 with no education was 35.7% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 50-54 with no education in Ghana, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: percentage of population age 50-54 with no education in Ghana is 35.7%, measured in 2010.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 26.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 50-54 with no education in Ghana peaked at 86.6% in 1965 and was at its lowest, 34.5%, in 2005.
Ghana ranks 34th 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 population age 50-54 with no education in Ghana, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 84.9% | — |
| 1965 | 86.6% | +2.0% |
| 1970 | 86.3% | -0.3% |
| 1975 | 86.5% | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 79.3% | -8.3% |
| 1985 | 79.0% | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 66.5% | -15.9% |
| 1995 | 66.5% | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 48.3% | -27.4% |
| 2005 | 34.5% | -28.6% |
| 2010 | 35.7% | +3.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 85.7% | 84.9% | 86.6% | 2 |
| 1970s | 86.4% | 86.3% | 86.5% | 2 |
| 1980s | 79.2% | 79.0% | 79.3% | 2 |
| 1990s | 66.5% | 66.5% | 66.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 41.4% | 34.5% | 48.3% | 2 |
| 2010s | 35.7% | 35.7% | 35.7% | 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 population age 50-54 with no education in Ghana?
- Barro-lee: percentage of population age 50-54 with no education in Ghana was 35.7% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of population age 50-54 with no education recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 86.6% in 1965.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 50-54 with no education recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 34.5% in 2005.
- How does Ghana rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 50-54 with no education?
- Ghana ranks 34th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 50-54 with no education rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.0%. 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 population age 50-54 with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population age 50-54 with no education