Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary urban both in Ghana
Ghana: Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary urban both was 77.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Ghana, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 77.2% for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and up 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Ghana peaked at 77.9% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 63.2%, in 2000.
Ghana ranks 86th of 106 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 primary … primary urban both in Ghana, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 63.2% | — |
| 2006 | 71.8% | +13.6% |
| 2010 | 77.6% | +8.0% |
| 2013 | 73.0% | -5.9% |
| 2015 | 66.3% | -9.2% |
| 2017 | 69.1% | +4.2% |
| 2021 | 70.4% | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 76.2% | +8.2% |
| 2023 | 77.9% | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 77.2% | -0.8% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 77.2% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 78.2%, 99% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 77.2% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 72.4%, 1.1× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 67.5% | 63.2% | 71.8% | 2 |
| 2010s | 71.5% | 66.3% | 77.6% | 4 |
| 2020s | 75.4% | 70.4% | 77.9% | 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 77.2% 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 77.9% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 63.2% in 2000.
- How does Ghana rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Ghana ranks 86th out of 106 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 5.8%. 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, urban, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release