Secondary school enrolment (gross) in Ghana

Gross secondary school enrolment in Ghana was 75.7% in 2024.

Measure: Secondary school enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the official secondary school-age population Data: 1971 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Ghana, 2024 75.7% % of the official secondary school-age population
Change from 2022 −2.1percentage points 2022: 77.8%
World, 2024 77.3% Official aggregate

Secondary school enrolment (gross) in Ghana over time

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% of the official secondary school-age population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Secondary school enrolment (gross) (% of the official secondary school-age population), 2001 to 2024
Period GhanaWorld
2024 75.7% 77.3%
2023 – 77.2%
2022 77.8% 77.5%
2021 76.2% 77.3%
2020 74.0% 76.5%
2019 71.2% 76.0%
2018 68.2% 75.5%
2017 66.6% 74.9%
2016 67.3% 75.2%
2015 67.0% 75.0%
2014 64.0% 74.9%
2013 68.2% 74.0%
2012 56.7% 72.7%
2011 55.6% 71.9%
2010 – 70.9%
2009 47.9% 69.4%
2008 46.1% 68.3%
2007 43.8% 66.8%
2006 39.8% 65.4%
2005 38.1% 64.4%
2004 36.1% 63.5%
2003 33.7% 62.4%
2002 32.3% 61.6%
2001 30.9% 60.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 77.8% in 2022, a change of −2.1 percentage points.
  • Since 2013, when it was 68.2%, the figure has changed by +7.5 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 77.3%.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.SEC.ENRR · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1971 to 2024 for Ghana
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics