School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Ghana
Ghana: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 0.8471 GPI in 2019. β² Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Ghana, 1971β2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Ghana is 0.8471 GPI, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 10.7% on the previous year and up 36.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Ghana peaked at 0.8471 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.166 GPI, in 1972.
That places Ghana 133rd out of 177 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.1983 GPI | 0.166 GPI | 0.2699 GPI | 6 |
| 1980s | 0.2682 GPI | 0.2682 GPI | 0.2682 GPI | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.2916 GPI | 0.2458 GPI | 0.31 GPI | 4 |
| 2000s | 0.5383 GPI | 0.4481 GPI | 0.6192 GPI | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.7034 GPI | 0.6186 GPI | 0.8471 GPI | 9 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 130 Pakistan 0.8709 GPI compare
- 131 Eswatini 0.8679 GPI compare
- 132 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.8667 GPI compare
- 134 Uzbekistan 0.8451 GPI compare
- 135 Zimbabwe 0.84 GPI compare
- 136 Republic of Korea 0.8186 GPI compare
More education data for Ghana
- 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)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 100.97 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 101.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Ghana?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Ghana was 0.8471 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8471 GPI in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.166 GPI in 1972.
- How does Ghana rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- Ghana ranks 133rd out of 177 countries with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.8%. 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, 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.