Share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in in Ghana
Ghana: Share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in was 86.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
86.0%
Change on year
up 1.1%
World rank
65th
of 78 countries
All-time high
86.0%
in 2024
All-time low
63.9%
in 2019
Years of data
7
2018–2024
Share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in in Ghana, 2018–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 86.0% for share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in in 2024. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 18.7% over ten years.
That places Ghana 65th out of 78 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in in Ghana, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 72.5% | — |
| 2019 | 63.9% | -11.9% |
| 2020 | 69.2% | +8.3% |
| 2021 | 74.0% | +7.0% |
| 2022 | 77.1% | +4.2% |
| 2023 | 85.0% | +10.2% |
| 2024 | 86.0% | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 68.2% | 63.9% | 72.5% | 2 |
| 2020s | 78.3% | 69.2% | 86.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
More education data for Ghana
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 913,117 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 3.33 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 4.98 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.6567 % change on previous year (2022)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1448 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 4.98 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.6567 % change on previous year (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in in Ghana?
- Share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in in Ghana was 86.0% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 86.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 63.9% in 2019.
- How does Ghana rank for share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in?
- Ghana ranks 65th out of 78 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.7%. 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 Share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in vocational programmes, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release