Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Ghana
Ghana: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from was 2.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Ghana, 2012–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Ghana is 2.2%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of up 13.2% on the previous year and up 74.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Ghana peaked at 2.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 2015.
Ghana ranks 83rd of 124 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 in Ghana, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1.3% | — |
| 2013 | 0.5% | -63.1% |
| 2014 | 1.3% | +167.2% |
| 2015 | 0.3% | -78.7% |
| 2016 | 0.9% | +253.7% |
| 2017 | 1.0% | +6.8% |
| 2018 | 0.9% | -9.9% |
| 2019 | 1.4% | +48.9% |
| 2020 | 1.1% | -16.1% |
| 2021 | 2.1% | +83.7% |
| 2022 | 1.9% | -9.5% |
| 2023 | 1.9% | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 2.2% | +13.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.9% | 0.3% | 1.4% | 8 |
| 2020s | 1.9% | 1.1% | 2.2% | 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 2.2% 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 2.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2015.
- How does Ghana rank for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from?
- Ghana ranks 83rd 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 74.5%. 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 Services programmes, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release