Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Arts in Ghana
Ghana: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Arts was 1.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Arts in Ghana, 2012–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 1.1% for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from arts in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 12.9% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from arts in Ghana peaked at 1.3% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.9%, in 2013.
Ghana ranks 88th of 121 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Arts in Ghana, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1.0% | — |
| 2013 | 0.9% | -13.3% |
| 2014 | 1.1% | +27.3% |
| 2015 | 1.1% | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 1.0% | -9.1% |
| 2017 | 0.9% | -15.7% |
| 2018 | 1.2% | +35.9% |
| 2019 | 1.3% | +6.7% |
| 2020 | 1.0% | -23.9% |
| 2021 | 1.2% | +28.0% |
| 2022 | 1.3% | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 1.0% | -22.4% |
| 2024 | 1.1% | +12.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1.3% | 8 |
| 2020s | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
More education data for Ghana
- 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)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1448 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from arts in Ghana?
- Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from arts in Ghana was 1.1% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from arts recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 1.3% in 2019.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from arts recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9% in 2013.
- How does Ghana rank for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from arts?
- Ghana ranks 88th out of 121 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from arts rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. 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 Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Arts and Humanities programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release