School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Ghana
Ghana: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 1.01 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Ghana, 1971–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 1.01 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in 2019. That is the highest value across all 39 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Ghana peaked at 1.01 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.7343 GPI, in 1985.
Ghana ranks 81st of 193 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Ghana, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.7486 GPI | — |
| 1973 | 0.7586 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 0.7616 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1975 | 0.7515 GPI | -1.3% |
| 1976 | 0.7436 GPI | -1.0% |
| 1977 | 0.7418 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1978 | 0.7437 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 0.7473 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 0.7569 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1981 | 0.7551 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1982 | 0.7562 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 0.7446 GPI | -1.5% |
| 1984 | 0.7403 GPI | -0.6% |
| 1985 | 0.7343 GPI | -0.8% |
| 1987 | 0.7526 GPI | +2.5% |
| 1988 | 0.7603 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 0.7707 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 0.7731 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 0.835 GPI | +8.0% |
| 1999 | 0.8726 GPI | +4.5% |
| 2000 | 0.8849 GPI | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 0.9004 GPI | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 0.9036 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 0.91 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 0.9004 GPI | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 0.9116 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 0.9319 GPI | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 0.9423 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 0.9457 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 0.9433 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 0.9525 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 0.9555 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.9626 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 0.9745 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 0.9785 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 0.9936 GPI | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 0.9946 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9999 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 1.01 GPI | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7496 GPI | 0.7418 GPI | 0.7616 GPI | 8 |
| 1980s | 0.7523 GPI | 0.7343 GPI | 0.7707 GPI | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.8269 GPI | 0.7731 GPI | 0.8726 GPI | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.9174 GPI | 0.8849 GPI | 0.9457 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9797 GPI | 0.9525 GPI | 1.01 GPI | 9 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 78 United Kingdom 1.01 GPI compare
- 79 Serbia 1.01 GPI compare
- 80 Slovakia 1.01 GPI compare
- 82 Burkina Faso 1.01 GPI compare
- 83 Dominican Republic 1.01 GPI compare
- 84 Iran 1 GPI compare
More education data for Ghana
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- 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 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Ghana?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Ghana was 1.01 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 1.01 GPI in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7343 GPI in 1985.
- How does Ghana rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Ghana ranks 81st out of 193 countries with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. 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 secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Ratio of female school life expectancy to the male school life expectancy. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.