Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Ghana
Ghana: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from was 1.4% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Latest (2019)
1.4%
Change on year
up 48.9%
World rank
75th
of 101 countries
All-time high
1.4%
in 2019
All-time low
0.3%
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Ghana, 2015–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2019, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Ghana stood at 1.4%. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 48.9% on the previous year and up 407.2% over five years.
That places Ghana 75th out of 101 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Ghana, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 0.3% | — |
| 2016 | 0.9% | +253.7% |
| 2017 | 1.0% | +6.8% |
| 2018 | 0.9% | -9.9% |
| 2019 | 1.4% | +48.9% |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 72 Australia 1.8%
- 73 Honduras 1.5%
- 74 Zimbabwe 1.4%
- 76 Belgium 1.3%
- 77 Madagascar 1.3%
- 78 Puerto Rico 1.3%
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 1.4% in 2019, 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 2019.
- 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 75th out of 101 countries with data for 2019.
- 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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Share of all tertiary graduates who completed services programmes in the reference year.