Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Ghana
Ghana: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 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 113th out of 133 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 education or higher 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% |
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
- 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 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 113th out of 133 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