Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Ghana
Ghana: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from was 0.8% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Ghana, 2012–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 0.8% for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
The figure is down 15.6% on the previous year and down 36.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Ghana peaked at 1.4% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 2024.
Ghana ranks 115th of 121 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Ghana, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1.4% | — |
| 2013 | 1.3% | -5.2% |
| 2014 | 1.3% | -3.0% |
| 2015 | 1.4% | +8.1% |
| 2016 | 1.1% | -19.2% |
| 2017 | 1.0% | -8.1% |
| 2018 | 1.0% | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 1.1% | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 1.0% | -5.7% |
| 2021 | 1.1% | +8.5% |
| 2022 | 1.1% | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 0.9% | -12.4% |
| 2024 | 0.8% | -15.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.2% | 1.0% | 1.4% | 8 |
| 2020s | 1.0% | 0.8% | 1.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 112 Seychelles 0.9% compare
- 113 Rwanda 0.9% compare
- 114 Burkina Faso 0.8% compare
- 116 Mozambique 0.7% compare
- 117 Bangladesh 0.7% compare
- 118 Ethiopia 0.5%
More education data for Ghana
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -1.28 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 61,540 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 61,018 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 348,297 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 345,166 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -4.28 % change on previous year (2024)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Ghana?
- Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Ghana was 0.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 1.4% in 2012.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 2024.
- How does Ghana rank for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from?
- Ghana ranks 115th out of 121 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 Education 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