Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Ghana
Ghana: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 12.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Ghana, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 12.3% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.3% on the previous year and up 61.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Ghana peaked at 13.0% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 4.7%, in 2006.
That places Ghana 88th out of 113 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 upper secondary education or in Ghana, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 9.9% | — |
| 2006 | 4.7% | -52.2% |
| 2010 | 9.4% | +100.5% |
| 2013 | 7.6% | -19.4% |
| 2015 | 11.5% | +50.9% |
| 2017 | 8.5% | -26.1% |
| 2021 | 11.9% | +39.8% |
| 2022 | 12.3% | +3.5% |
| 2023 | 13.0% | +5.5% |
| 2024 | 12.3% | -5.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.3% | 4.7% | 9.9% | 2 |
| 2010s | 9.3% | 7.6% | 11.5% | 4 |
| 2020s | 12.4% | 11.9% | 13.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 85 El Salvador 17.0% compare
- 86 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 15.3% compare
- 87 Myanmar 13.3% compare
- 89 Lao People's Democratic Republic 11.0% compare
- 90 Tunisia 9.6% compare
- 91 Zambia 9.1% 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)
- 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 12.3% 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 13.0% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.7% in 2006.
- How does Ghana rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Ghana ranks 88th out of 113 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 61.4%. 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, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release