Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary … lower gender in Ghana
Ghana: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary … lower gender was 0.7536 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Ghana, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Ghana stood at 0.7536 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and up 18.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Ghana peaked at 0.7536 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.2696 GPIA, in 1970.
Ghana ranks 105th of 132 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary … lower gender in Ghana, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.2696 GPIA | — |
| 2006 | 0.5545 GPIA | +105.7% |
| 2010 | 0.699 GPIA | +26.1% |
| 2013 | 0.6364 GPIA | -8.9% |
| 2015 | 0.7063 GPIA | +11.0% |
| 2017 | 0.6501 GPIA | -8.0% |
| 2021 | 0.7051 GPIA | +8.5% |
| 2022 | 0.7003 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 0.7419 GPIA | +6.0% |
| 2024 | 0.7536 GPIA | +1.6% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 0.7536 GPIA is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.7489 GPIA, 1.0× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 0.7536 GPIA is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.5856 GPIA, 1.3× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.2696 GPIA | 0.2696 GPIA | 0.2696 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.5545 GPIA | 0.5545 GPIA | 0.5545 GPIA | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.673 GPIA | 0.6364 GPIA | 0.7063 GPIA | 4 |
| 2020s | 0.7252 GPIA | 0.7003 GPIA | 0.7536 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
More education data for Ghana
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 95.93 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 95.23 (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Ghana?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Ghana was 0.7536 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7536 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2696 GPIA in 1970.
- How does Ghana rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Ghana ranks 105th out of 132 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release