School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Ghana
Ghana: School life expectancy, tertiary, female was 0.7889 years in 2019. ◆ Volatile
School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Ghana, 1971–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, female in Ghana is 0.7889 years, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 16.3% on the previous year and up 135.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, female in Ghana peaked at 0.7889 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.0101 years, in 1971.
Ghana ranks 125th of 177 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0144 years | 0.0101 years | 0.0208 years | 6 |
| 1980s | 0.0314 years | 0.0314 years | 0.0314 years | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.0251 years | 0.0213 years | 0.0298 years | 4 |
| 2000s | 0.2418 years | 0.1798 years | 0.3348 years | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.6106 years | 0.4474 years | 0.7889 years | 9 |
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More education data for Ghana
- 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 122,558 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 3.34 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 100.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, female in Ghana?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Ghana was 0.7889 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, female recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7889 years in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, female recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0101 years in 1971.
- How does Ghana rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, female?
- Ghana ranks 125th out of 177 countries with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, female rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 135.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, tertiary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of years a person of school entrance age can expect to spend within the specified level of education. For a child of a certain age a, the school life expectancy is calculated as the sum of the age specific enrolment rates for the levels of education specified. The part of the enrolment that is not distributed by age is divided by the school-age population for the level of education they are enrolled in, and multiplied by the duration of that level of education. The result is then added to the sum of the age-specific enrolment rates. A relatively high SLE indicates greater probability for children to spend more years in education and higher overall retention within the education system. It must be noted that the expected number of years does not necessarily coincide with the expected number of grades of education completed, because of repetition. Since school life expectancy is an average based on participation in different levels of education, the expected number of years of schooling may be pulled down by the magnitude of children who never go to school. Those children who are in school may benefit from many more years of education than the average.