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 1.13 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
1.13 GPIA
Change on year
up 2.7%
World rank
4th
of 78 countries
All-time high
1.13 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.9536 GPIA
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 GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in in Ghana stood at 1.13 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.7% on the previous year and up 16.9% over ten years.
Ghana ranks 4th of 78 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in in Ghana, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 0.9629 GPIA | — |
| 2019 | 0.9536 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 1.01 GPIA | +5.8% |
| 2021 | 1.03 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 1.05 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 1.1 GPIA | +4.7% |
| 2024 | 1.13 GPIA | +2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.9583 GPIA | 0.9536 GPIA | 0.9629 GPIA | 2 |
| 2020s | 1.06 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 1.13 GPIA | 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 1.13 GPIA 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 1.13 GPIA 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 0.9536 GPIA in 2019.
- How does Ghana rank for share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in?
- Ghana ranks 4th 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 16.9%. 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release