Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Ghana
Ghana: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from was 21.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Ghana, 2012–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 21.8% for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in 2024.
That represents a change of down 17.1% on the previous year and up 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Ghana peaked at 40.9% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 15.6%, in 2015.
That places Ghana 9th out of 124 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Ghana, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 24.7% | — |
| 2013 | 23.9% | -3.2% |
| 2014 | 20.2% | -15.6% |
| 2015 | 15.6% | -23.0% |
| 2016 | 25.3% | +62.6% |
| 2017 | 34.1% | +34.6% |
| 2018 | 30.3% | -11.0% |
| 2019 | 33.1% | +9.1% |
| 2020 | 36.6% | +10.5% |
| 2021 | 32.9% | -10.1% |
| 2022 | 40.9% | +24.2% |
| 2023 | 26.3% | -35.6% |
| 2024 | 21.8% | -17.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 25.9% | 15.6% | 34.1% | 8 |
| 2020s | 31.7% | 21.8% | 40.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
More education data for Ghana
- 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)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 4.98 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.6567 % change on previous year (2022)
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 21.8% 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 40.9% in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.6% in 2015.
- How does Ghana rank for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from?
- Ghana ranks 9th out of 124 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 up 8.0%. 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 Education programmes, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release