Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Ghana
Ghana: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from was 1.8% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Ghana, 2012–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Ghana is 1.8%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Ghana peaked at 1.9% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 1.6%, in 2018.
Ghana ranks 1st of 111 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
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 | 1.8% | — |
| 2013 | 1.9% | +4.4% |
| 2014 | 1.8% | -5.8% |
| 2015 | 1.9% | +10.1% |
| 2016 | 1.9% | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 1.8% | -5.2% |
| 2018 | 1.6% | -11.6% |
| 2019 | 1.8% | +11.1% |
| 2020 | 1.7% | -7.5% |
| 2021 | 1.7% | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 1.8% | +3.8% |
| 2023 | 1.8% | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 1.8% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.8% | 1.6% | 1.9% | 8 |
| 2020s | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
More education data for Ghana
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 122,558 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (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)
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 1.8% 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 1.9% in 2015.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.6% in 2018.
- How does Ghana rank for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from?
- Ghana ranks 1st out of 111 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 0.1%. 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 Services 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