School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Ghana
Ghana: School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9928 GPIA in 2024. β² Rising
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Ghana, 1971β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 0.9928 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in 2024.
That represents a change of up 2.1% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Ghana peaked at 0.9962 GPIA in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.7764 GPIA, in 1978.
Ghana ranks 119th of 209 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 48 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7935 GPIA | 0.7764 GPIA | 0.8183 GPIA | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.8041 GPIA | 0.7767 GPIA | 0.8227 GPIA | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.8663 GPIA | 0.8321 GPIA | 0.9016 GPIA | 7 |
| 2000s | 0.9392 GPIA | 0.9097 GPIA | 0.9635 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9826 GPIA | 0.9702 GPIA | 0.9926 GPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.9888 GPIA | 0.9723 GPIA | 0.9962 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
More education data for Ghana
- 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)
- School enrollment, primary 101.0% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0036 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Ghana?
- School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Ghana was 0.9928 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9962 GPIA in 2020.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7764 GPIA in 1978.
- How does Ghana rank for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- Ghana ranks 119th out of 209 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. 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 life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release