Secondary education, pupils in Ghana
Ghana: Secondary education, pupils was 48.9% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Secondary education, pupils in Ghana, 1971–2019
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % female.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 48.9% for secondary education, pupils in 2019. That is the highest value across all 39 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, secondary education, pupils in Ghana peaked at 48.9% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 37.4%, in 1984.
Ghana ranks 110th of 203 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.
Secondary education, pupils in Ghana, year by year
| Year | % female | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 37.9% | — |
| 1973 | 39.0% | +3.1% |
| 1974 | 38.6% | -1.1% |
| 1975 | 38.7% | +0.2% |
| 1976 | 38.3% | -1.1% |
| 1977 | 38.0% | -0.7% |
| 1978 | 38.4% | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 38.1% | -0.6% |
| 1980 | 38.6% | +1.3% |
| 1981 | 38.0% | -1.7% |
| 1982 | 38.3% | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 37.5% | -2.0% |
| 1984 | 37.4% | -0.4% |
| 1985 | 37.6% | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 40.2% | +6.9% |
| 1988 | 39.2% | -2.7% |
| 1989 | 39.1% | -0.0% |
| 1990 | 39.1% | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 41.2% | +5.4% |
| 1999 | 43.6% | +6.0% |
| 2000 | 44.0% | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 44.7% | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 44.9% | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 45.0% | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 44.5% | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 44.5% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 44.9% | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 45.7% | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 45.9% | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 45.8% | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 46.3% | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 46.3% | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 46.6% | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 47.4% | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 47.6% | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 48.1% | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 48.2% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 48.5% | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 48.9% | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 38.4% | 37.9% | 39.0% | 8 |
| 1980s | 38.4% | 37.4% | 40.2% | 9 |
| 1990s | 41.3% | 39.1% | 43.6% | 3 |
| 2000s | 45.0% | 44.0% | 45.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 47.5% | 46.3% | 48.9% | 9 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
More education data for Ghana
- 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)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is secondary education, pupils in Ghana?
- Secondary education, pupils in Ghana was 48.9% in 2019, according to Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest secondary education, pupils recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 48.9% in 2019.
- What is the lowest secondary education, pupils recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 37.4% in 1984.
- How does Ghana rank for secondary education, pupils?
- Ghana ranks 110th out of 203 countries with data for 2019.
- Is secondary education, pupils rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Secondary education, pupils (% female). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at secondary level includes enrollments in public and private schools.