Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Ghana
Ghana: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 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 104th of 131 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 education or 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% |
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
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 122,558 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 60.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 35.4% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 100.97 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 101.0% (2024)
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 104th out of 131 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