Primary school completion rate in Ghana
The primary completion rate in Ghana was 97.5% in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1971.
Ghana, 2024
97.5%
Change from 2022
+4.1percentage points
World, 2024
88.0%
Primary school completion rate in Ghana over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of the relevant age group. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Ghana | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 97.5% | 88.0% |
| 2023 | – | 87.3% |
| 2022 | 93.4% | 91.1% |
| 2021 | – | 88.7% |
| 2020 | – | 88.0% |
| 2019 | 93.8% | 87.9% |
| 2018 | 88.9% | 88.1% |
| 2017 | 89.3% | 88.2% |
| 2016 | – | 88.5% |
| 2015 | 94.3% | 87.9% |
| 2014 | 89.7% | 88.1% |
| 2013 | 91.3% | 88.3% |
| 2012 | 91.3% | 88.1% |
| 2011 | 88.0% | 87.8% |
| 2010 | – | 88.5% |
| 2009 | 83.1% | 89.0% |
| 2008 | 81.8% | 88.2% |
| 2007 | 74.9% | 86.5% |
| 2006 | 68.6% | 85.3% |
| 2005 | 70.9% | 85.0% |
| 2004 | 64.8% | 84.2% |
| 2003 | 65.3% | 83.5% |
| 2002 | 64.2% | 83.3% |
| 2001 | 63.0% | 82.7% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 93.4% in 2022, a change of +4.1 percentage points.
- Since 2009, when it was 83.1%, the figure has changed by +14.4 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 88.0%.
More for Ghana
All statistics for Ghana
Primary school enrolment (gross)
101.0%
2024 · World Bank
Secondary school enrolment (gross)
75.7%
2024 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
27.5%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Primary completion (UIS)
77.6%
2024 · UNESCO UIS
Lower secondary completion
71.2%
2024 · UNESCO UIS
Upper secondary completion
45.0%
2024 · UNESCO UIS