Educational attainment rate, completed … male upper location LPIA in Ghana
Ghana: Educational attainment rate, completed … male upper location LPIA was 0.4575 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Ghana, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Ghana is 0.4575 LPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 47.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Ghana peaked at 0.4575 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.2434 LPIA, in 2006.
Ghana ranks 77th of 105 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed … male upper location LPIA in Ghana, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.4023 LPIA | — |
| 2006 | 0.2434 LPIA | -39.5% |
| 2010 | 0.362 LPIA | +48.7% |
| 2013 | 0.3101 LPIA | -14.3% |
| 2015 | 0.4141 LPIA | +33.5% |
| 2017 | 0.4269 LPIA | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 0.4155 LPIA | -2.7% |
| 2022 | 0.4161 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.4569 LPIA | +9.8% |
| 2024 | 0.4575 LPIA | +0.1% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 0.4575 LPIA is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.4575 LPIA, 1.0× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 0.4575 LPIA is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.2678 LPIA, 1.7× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.3229 LPIA | 0.2434 LPIA | 0.4023 LPIA | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.3783 LPIA | 0.3101 LPIA | 0.4269 LPIA | 4 |
| 2020s | 0.4365 LPIA | 0.4155 LPIA | 0.4575 LPIA | 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 upper secondary education or in Ghana?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Ghana was 0.4575 LPIA 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 0.4575 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2434 LPIA in 2006.
- How does Ghana rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Ghana ranks 77th out of 105 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 47.5%. 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, male, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release