Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Ghana
Ghana: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 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 upper secondary education or 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% |
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
- 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 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