School life expectancy, primary … lower adjusted GPIA gender in Ghana
Ghana: School life expectancy, primary … lower adjusted GPIA gender was 0.9998 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Ghana, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 0.9998 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Ghana peaked at 0.9998 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.8841 GPIA, in 1999.
Ghana ranks 84th of 200 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary … lower adjusted GPIA gender in Ghana, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 0.8841 GPIA | — |
| 2000 | 0.8943 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 0.903 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 0.9073 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 0.9122 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 0.9053 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 0.9195 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 0.931 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 0.9432 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 0.9447 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 0.9443 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.9508 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 0.9564 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 0.9654 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.9689 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.9717 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.9851 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 0.985 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.99 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 0.9944 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.9987 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 0.9972 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.9836 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 0.9998 GPIA | +1.6% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 0.9998 GPIA is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.9951 GPIA, 1.0× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 0.9998 GPIA is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.9882 GPIA, 1.0× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8841 GPIA | 0.8841 GPIA | 0.8841 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9205 GPIA | 0.8943 GPIA | 0.9447 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9742 GPIA | 0.9508 GPIA | 0.9944 GPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.9948 GPIA | 0.9836 GPIA | 0.9998 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
More education data for Ghana
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 174,414 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 39,902 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 949,095 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 913,117 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 3.33 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 4.98 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.6567 % change on previous year (2022)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1448 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Ghana?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Ghana was 0.9998 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9998 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8841 GPIA in 1999.
- How does Ghana rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- Ghana ranks 84th out of 200 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. 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 life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release