Share of primary school teachers who are women in Ghana
Ghana: Share of primary school teachers who are women was 50.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of primary school teachers who are women in Ghana, 1974–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of primary school teachers who are women in Ghana is 50.2%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.4% on the previous year and up 31.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary school teachers who are women in Ghana peaked at 50.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 31.1%, in 2005.
Ghana ranks 180th of 212 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 35.0% | 32.4% | 39.0% | 6 |
| 1980s | 41.9% | 39.5% | 45.5% | 7 |
| 1990s | 35.2% | 31.8% | 36.9% | 9 |
| 2000s | 34.8% | 31.1% | 43.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 39.0% | 36.7% | 43.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 47.0% | 44.5% | 50.2% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 177 Libya 53.0% compare
- 178 East Timor 52.8% compare
- 179 Pakistan 51.9% compare
- 181 Burkina Faso 50.1% compare
- 182 Angola 49.5% compare
- 183 Papua New Guinea 49.3% compare
More education data for Ghana
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (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 122,558 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 3.34 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 100.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary school teachers who are women in Ghana?
- Share of primary school teachers who are women in Ghana was 50.2% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 50.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 31.1% in 2005.
- How does Ghana rank for share of primary school teachers who are women?
- Ghana ranks 180th out of 212 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of primary school teachers who are women rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.2%. 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 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of primary school teachers who are women. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Percentage of female teachers among all teachers at the primary education level during a given school year.