Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Ghana
Ghana: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from was 0.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.6%
Change on year
up 26.0%
World rank
100th
of 116 countries
All-time high
0.7%
in 2017
All-time low
0.4%
in 2016
Years of data
10
2015–2024
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Ghana, 2015–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Ghana stood at 0.6%.
The figure is up 26.0% on the previous year and up 18.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Ghana peaked at 0.7% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 2016.
Ghana ranks 100th of 116 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Ghana, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 0.5% | — |
| 2016 | 0.4% | -17.8% |
| 2017 | 0.7% | +53.1% |
| 2018 | 0.5% | -22.2% |
| 2019 | 0.5% | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 0.5% | -9.1% |
| 2021 | 0.7% | +35.8% |
| 2022 | 0.7% | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 0.5% | -24.9% |
| 2024 | 0.6% | +26.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.7% | 5 |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 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 0.6% 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 0.7% in 2017.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 2016.
- How does Ghana rank for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from?
- Ghana ranks 100th out of 116 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 18.3%. 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 Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics 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