Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Ghana
Ghana: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 6.5% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Ghana, 1999–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Ghana is 6.5%, measured in 2019.
The figure is down 6.2% on the previous year and down 29.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Ghana peaked at 14.4% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 5.1%, in 2015.
That places Ghana 122nd out of 158 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Ghana, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 9.8% | — |
| 2000 | 6.3% | -35.9% |
| 2001 | 6.2% | -1.8% |
| 2002 | 6.2% | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 6.6% | +6.1% |
| 2004 | 5.2% | -20.4% |
| 2005 | 6.0% | +13.9% |
| 2006 | 8.5% | +42.9% |
| 2007 | 14.4% | +69.6% |
| 2008 | 13.5% | -6.3% |
| 2009 | 9.3% | -31.5% |
| 2011 | 9.0% | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 9.5% | +6.2% |
| 2013 | 6.8% | -28.7% |
| 2014 | 5.2% | -23.8% |
| 2015 | 5.1% | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 5.9% | +15.3% |
| 2017 | 6.3% | +7.0% |
| 2018 | 7.0% | +11.0% |
| 2019 | 6.5% | -6.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9.8% | 9.8% | 9.8% | 1 |
| 2000s | 8.2% | 5.2% | 14.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.8% | 5.1% | 9.5% | 9 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 119 Cambodia 7.4% compare
- 120 Pakistan 7.2% compare
- 121 Central African Republic 6.9% compare
- 123 Macao 6.5% compare
- 124 Tajikistan 6.4% compare
- 125 Cape Verde 5.7% compare
More education data for Ghana
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.33 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 3.99 % change on previous year (2022)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 122,558 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -6.95 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.67 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 4.98 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.67 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 3.03 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.86 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 7.78 % change on previous year (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Ghana?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Ghana was 6.5% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 14.4% in 2007.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.1% in 2015.
- How does Ghana rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Ghana ranks 122nd out of 158 countries with data for 2019.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Total number of students enrolled in vocational programmes at the upper secondary education level, expressed as a percentage of the total number of students enrolled in all programmes (vocational and general) at the upper secondary level. Vocational education is designed for learners to acquire the knowledge, skills and competencies specific to a particular occupation or trade or class of occupations or trades. Vocational education may have work-based components (e.g. apprenticeships). Successful completion of such programmes leads to labour-market relevant vocational qualifications acknowledged as occupationally-oriented by the relevant national authorities and/or the labour market.