Ghana's adult literacy rose from 57.9 % in 2000 to 76.5 % in 2021.
Ghana's school enrolment, primary (% gross) rose from 73.7 % in 1992 to 101.0 % in 2024.
Ghana · Education
Literacy, enrolment, attainment and spending.
16 indicators · 14 with data
Literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24)
% of people ages 15–24
36th of 48 · 4th in Sub-Saharan Africa*
Ghana's literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24) rose from 70.7 % in 2000 to 91.5 % in 2021.
Ghana's school enrolment, secondary (% gross) rose from 34.4 % in 1986 to 75.7 % in 2024.
Ghana's tertiary enrolment rose from 0.7 % in 1971 to 21.3 % in 2024.
Ghana's children out of school, primary fell from 1.34M in 1999 to 235,313 in 2024.
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- Primary completion rateup +4.1 pts43rd of 111
- Tertiary attainmentup +0.6 pts68th of 73
- At least upper secondary attainment (ages 25–64)down −0.6 pts68th of 74
- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs150th of 195
- Mean years of schooling (ages 25+)up +0.7 yrs93rd of 145
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- Education spendingdown −0.5 pts122nd of 164*
- Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure)up +1.0 pts70th of 156*
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- Pupil-teacher ratio, primarydown −0.9 %4th of 4
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These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Ghana.