School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in Ghana
Ghana: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity was 1.01 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in Ghana, 1971–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 1.01 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in 2024. That is the highest value across all 30 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.5% on the previous year and up 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in Ghana peaked at 1.01 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.7159 GPIA, in 1976.
That places Ghana 132nd out of 179 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in Ghana, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.7192 GPIA | — |
| 1973 | 0.7319 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 0.7333 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 0.7244 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 1976 | 0.7159 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 1982 | 0.7342 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 1999 | 0.8448 GPIA | +15.1% |
| 2000 | 0.8579 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 0.8719 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 0.8749 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 0.8831 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 0.8745 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 0.8833 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 0.9024 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 0.9103 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 0.9032 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 0.9105 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 0.9129 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.9145 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 0.9202 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 0.9293 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 0.935 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.95 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 0.9505 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.9588 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 0.9702 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 0.9782 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 0.9819 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 0.9819 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1.01 GPIA | +2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7249 GPIA | 0.7159 GPIA | 0.7333 GPIA | 5 |
| 1980s | 0.7342 GPIA | 0.7342 GPIA | 0.7342 GPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.8448 GPIA | 0.8448 GPIA | 0.8448 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.8872 GPIA | 0.8579 GPIA | 0.9105 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9379 GPIA | 0.9129 GPIA | 0.9702 GPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.9871 GPIA | 0.9782 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
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 life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in Ghana?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in Ghana was 1.01 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 1.01 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7159 GPIA in 1976.
- How does Ghana rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity?
- Ghana ranks 132nd out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.3%. 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 to tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release