Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Ghana
Ghana: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.4952 GPIA in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Ghana, 2000β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 0.4952 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2024.
That represents a change of down 7.9% on the previous year and up 48.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Ghana peaked at 0.5377 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.2494 GPIA, in 2006.
Ghana ranks 94th of 107 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.3586 GPIA | 0.2494 GPIA | 0.4678 GPIA | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.3748 GPIA | 0.3327 GPIA | 0.4015 GPIA | 4 |
| 2020s | 0.492 GPIA | 0.4591 GPIA | 0.5377 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 91 Cambodia 0.5389 GPIA compare
- 92 Nigeria 0.5344 GPIA compare
- 93 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.5194 GPIA compare
- 95 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.4805 GPIA compare
- 96 Uganda 0.4557 GPIA compare
- 97 Mozambique 0.4491 GPIA compare
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)
- School enrollment, primary 101.0% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0036 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Ghana?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Ghana was 0.4952 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5377 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2494 GPIA in 2006.
- How does Ghana rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Ghana ranks 94th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 48.8%. 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 upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, rural, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release