Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary gender in Ghana
Ghana: Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary gender was 0.804 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Ghana, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Ghana stood at 0.804 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 12.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Ghana peaked at 0.804 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.6412 GPIA, in 2006.
That places Ghana 114th out of 134 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary gender in Ghana, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.6987 GPIA | — |
| 2006 | 0.6412 GPIA | -8.2% |
| 2010 | 0.7772 GPIA | +21.2% |
| 2013 | 0.7131 GPIA | -8.2% |
| 2015 | 0.7063 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 0.7192 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 0.751 GPIA | +4.4% |
| 2022 | 0.7748 GPIA | +3.2% |
| 2023 | 0.8031 GPIA | +3.7% |
| 2024 | 0.804 GPIA | +0.1% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 0.804 GPIA is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.8479 GPIA, 95% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 0.804 GPIA is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.6658 GPIA, 1.2× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.67 GPIA | 0.6412 GPIA | 0.6987 GPIA | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.7289 GPIA | 0.7063 GPIA | 0.7772 GPIA | 4 |
| 2020s | 0.7832 GPIA | 0.751 GPIA | 0.804 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 primary education or higher in Ghana?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Ghana was 0.804 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 0.804 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6412 GPIA in 2006.
- How does Ghana rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Ghana ranks 114th out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.7%. 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 primary 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