School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Ghana
Ghana: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index was 0.9936 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Ghana, 1971–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Ghana is 0.9936 GPI, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 7.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Ghana peaked at 0.9936 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.7371 GPI, in 1976.
Ghana ranks 128th of 175 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Ghana, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.7443 GPI | — |
| 1973 | 0.7533 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1974 | 0.7555 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 0.7463 GPI | -1.2% |
| 1976 | 0.7371 GPI | -1.2% |
| 1982 | 0.7491 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 0.8569 GPI | +14.4% |
| 2000 | 0.87 GPI | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 0.8848 GPI | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 0.8873 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 0.8966 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 0.8882 GPI | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 0.8966 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 0.9168 GPI | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 0.9253 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 0.918 GPI | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 0.9266 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 0.9311 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 0.9351 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 0.9401 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 0.9502 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 0.9567 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.9725 GPI | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 0.9732 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9819 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 0.9936 GPI | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7473 GPI | 0.7371 GPI | 0.7555 GPI | 5 |
| 1980s | 0.7491 GPI | 0.7491 GPI | 0.7491 GPI | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.8569 GPI | 0.8569 GPI | 0.8569 GPI | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.901 GPI | 0.87 GPI | 0.9266 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9594 GPI | 0.9311 GPI | 0.9936 GPI | 9 |
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, gender parity index in Ghana?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Ghana was 0.9936 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9936 GPI in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7371 GPI in 1976.
- How does Ghana rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
- Ghana ranks 128th out of 175 countries with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.2%. 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 to tertiary, 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.