School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes in Ghana
Ghana: School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes was 1.58 million number in 2019. ▲ Rising
School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes in Ghana, 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school age population, pre-primary education, both sexes in Ghana is 1.58 million number, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 21.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, pre-primary education, both sexes in Ghana peaked at 1.58 million number in 2019 and was at its lowest, 579,351 number, in 1970.
Ghana ranks 45th of 206 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes in Ghana, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 579,351 number | — |
| 1971 | 593,930 number | +2.5% |
| 1972 | 612,010 number | +3.0% |
| 1973 | 629,437 number | +2.8% |
| 1974 | 645,269 number | +2.5% |
| 1975 | 658,392 number | +2.0% |
| 1976 | 668,246 number | +1.5% |
| 1977 | 683,742 number | +2.3% |
| 1978 | 696,693 number | +1.9% |
| 1979 | 707,803 number | +1.6% |
| 1980 | 718,161 number | +1.5% |
| 1981 | 728,491 number | +1.4% |
| 1982 | 741,940 number | +1.8% |
| 1983 | 757,102 number | +2.0% |
| 1984 | 773,439 number | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 790,279 number | +2.2% |
| 1986 | 807,250 number | +2.1% |
| 1987 | 831,340 number | +3.0% |
| 1988 | 856,464 number | +3.0% |
| 1989 | 881,623 number | +2.9% |
| 1990 | 905,733 number | +2.7% |
| 1991 | 927,338 number | +2.4% |
| 1992 | 956,193 number | +3.1% |
| 1993 | 985,579 number | +3.1% |
| 1994 | 1.01 million number | +2.8% |
| 1995 | 1.04 million number | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 1.05 million number | +1.7% |
| 1997 | 1.08 million number | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 1.09 million number | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 1.11 million number | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 1.12 million number | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 1.14 million number | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 1.17 million number | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 1.19 million number | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 1.22 million number | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 1.24 million number | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 1.25 million number | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 1.27 million number | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 1.29 million number | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 1.31 million number | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 1.32 million number | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 1.35 million number | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 1.37 million number | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 1.40 million number | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 1.43 million number | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 1.46 million number | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 1.49 million number | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 1.52 million number | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 1.55 million number | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 1.58 million number | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 647,487 number | 579,351 number | 707,803 number | 10 |
| 1980s | 788,609 number | 718,161 number | 881,623 number | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.02 million number | 905,733 number | 1.11 million number | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.22 million number | 1.12 million number | 1.31 million number | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.45 million number | 1.32 million number | 1.58 million number | 10 |
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More education data for Ghana
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, pre-primary education, both sexes in Ghana?
- School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes in Ghana was 1.58 million number in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, pre-primary education, both sexes recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 1.58 million number in 2019.
- What is the lowest school age population, pre-primary education, both sexes recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 579,351 number in 1970.
- How does Ghana rank for school age population, pre-primary education, both sexes?
- Ghana ranks 45th out of 206 countries with data for 2019.
- Is school age population, pre-primary education, both sexes rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.2%. 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 School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to pre-primary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.